Rwanda's Experience from the Darkness of Wars to the Dawn of Development and Growth ✍️ Professor: Fikri Kabashi, Al-Amin Al-Arabi
I hope that we, as the people of Sudan, will be guided by the experience of this small country… which has gone through one of the most difficult experiences that humanity has ever experienced… which is far superior to what the Sudanese people are going through in a senseless and damned war that has afflicted everyone with despair and frustration… and on this occasion, I wanted to send hope and hope into the souls and sharpen the determination and will of the State. Rwanda, despite the tragedies, pains and wounds, has been able to rise again… and overcome its wounds and bitterness left by the wars… and has moved beyond the past and moved towards planning a bright future for the sake of generations to come.
I also hope to see Paul Kigame in Khartoum, addressing the Sudanese people to reflect on his country's experience after the crisis is over, God willing… on how to rise from the rubble, and a careful reading can be taken back to the last speech of Rwandan President Paul Kigame to his people on Radio Rwanda.
“If our country has reached the first place in Africa and has attracted the attention of the whole world today, it is not because we have the Vatican, the Kaaba, the White House or the Taj Mahal.
And not because you have Paul Kimagee as president. The reason is rather the sons and daughters of Rwanda.
It is Rwandans, especially the youth and women, who have forgiven themselves (for the past) and taken the initiative to decide the destiny of their country through the spirit of hard work, innovation and patriotism as the key to progress and development.
What we are achieving today in Rwanda is not a miracle or something impossible in other countries, it is simply the result of the commitment of an entire nation – the youth and women of Rwanda. But it is also the product of political will.
Soon we will have the best university in the world (competing with New York University, Harvard University and the London School of Economics).
Our hospitals will become among the best in the world.
The intelligence and capabilities of our sons and daughters will be similar to or exceed those of their peers in larger countries, and our country will become a gateway to opportunities for the people of Africa and the world in the areas of technology and innovation for those who wish to learn from us or for us to learn from each other.
Rwanda will not only be a meeting place of civilizations but also of science, technology and all the higher cultures of the world.
Africa can do more than we can in terms of self-sufficiency in basic foods. It all depends on national concerns and the will of the African people.
Even though we have come a long way from where we were, let us make good use of the present to leap into the future. Because the most difficult step now is no longer the one we have taken, but rather the one we wish and dream of taking.
In Rwanda, we dream of going far thanks to the awareness of these people and these young people.
Prof. Dr. Fikri Kabbashi, Al-Amin Al-Arabi.
