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Ruth B. is Rwandan; just can’t prove it :-(

Rwanda keeps raising the standards that most African countries are neglecting. Ruhehe Primary School sits along a gently curving wall of local volcanic stone, paying homage to Rwandan craftsmanship. Volcanic rock on the walls. Clay roofing tiles that muffle rainfall so lessons continue through storms. Woven bamboo and bark panels filtering light and absorbing sound. 80 percent of construction materials sourced within 50 kilometres of the site. 75 percent of the budget spent inside Ruhehe Village and Musanze district. 110 local workers hired. 35 percent of them women. Now look at what we build and call a school across most of this continent. A cement block box. Plastered over. Painted yellow on top and ox-blood red at the bottom. No ventilation strategy. No acoustic consideration. No connection to the landscape or the culture. A building that could exist anywhere and therefore belongs nowhere. The material knowledge is here. The stone is here. The clay is here. Rwanda proved that building well does not cost more and it costs differently, and it pays back in ways a painted cement box never will. This is not a foreign standard. This is an African one. Ruhehe Primary School, Musanze District, Rwanda 🇷🇼 | MASS Design Group + African Design Centre | 1,120 students | 2018 | 📷 Iwan Baan

Rwanda keeps raising the standards that most African countries are neglecting. Ruhehe Primary School sits along a gently curving wall of local volcanic stone, paying homage to Rwandan craftsmanship. Volcanic rock on the walls. Clay roofing tiles that muffle rainfall so lessons continue through storms. Woven bamboo and bark panels filtering light and absorbing sound. 80 percent of construction materials sourced within 50 kilometres of the site. 75 percent of the budget spent inside Ruhehe Village and Musanze district. 110 local workers hired. 35 percent of them women. Now look at what we build and call a school across most of this continent. A cement block box. Plastered over. Painted yellow on top and ox-blood red at the bottom. No ventilation strategy. No acoustic consideration. No connection to the landscape or the culture. A building that could exist anywhere and therefore belongs nowhere. The material knowledge is here. The stone is here. The clay is here. Rwanda proved that building well does not cost more and it costs differently, and it pays back in ways a painted cement box never will. This is not a foreign standard. This is an African one. Ruhehe Primary School, Musanze District, Rwanda 🇷🇼 | MASS Design Group + African Design Centre | 1,120 students | 2018 | 📷 Iwan Baan

Apfuye ari umwere NTA GENOCIDE YAKOZE , NTA GENOCIDE YATEGUYE , Imihoro bamushinjaga bagikuyeho rugikubita! Aruhukire mu mahoro !

In Rwanda, a woman dragged and beaten by security agents embodies the brutal reality of a regime built on fear and intimidation. Under Paul Kagame’s iron grip, the country has become a place where terror is institutionalized: the cries of a victim in public find no rescue, because the population is paralyzed by the fear of reprisals. This behavior is not an isolated incident it reflects a barbaric system where the Rwandan Patriotic Front enforces its rule through violence, torture, and humiliation. Security agents do not protect citizens; they crush them to maintain a climate of total submission. Rwanda presents itself as a modern and stable state, but behind this façade lies a ruthless machine of repression that silences every dissenting voice. The brutality inflicted on this woman is living proof that terror is the RPF’s primary tool of governance.

Le peak Margerite sur le Mont Rwenzori est en RDC mais c'est l'Ouganda qui y envoie beaucoup plus des touristes.. est ce le ministre RDC de tourisme est au courant ?