Opinion
A tale of two countries: Rwanda and South Africa, 24 years on
24 June 2018 - 00:00
In 1994, South Africa got freedom. The whole world celebrated with us and applauded our transition from the cruel and racist apartheid regime to democracy. Freedom did not come cheap , but the world marvelled at our approach to negotiations and the peaceful handing over of power. Also in 1994, Rwanda got into a civil war in which an estimated 800000 citizens were killed in internecine conflict.
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