Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same.

Aid makes itself superfluous if it is working well. Good aid takes care to provide functioning structures and good training that enables the recipient country to later get by without foreign aid. Otherwise, it is bad aid.

Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same.

The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.

My own experience from a decade ago taught me I cannot trust the UN. But it is a world body and we have to live with it and tolerate it. But I can't hide my feelings about its inefficiency and its not being productive.

I know that the fact that I am candidate to my own succession in 2017 can be perceived to be a bad thing by some part of the public opinion outside Rwanda and I don't mind because I know that I am doing it for a good cause. It really doesn't matter to me that my name is associated to those critics as long as I know that I am doing the will of the people.

Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines.