To say that Rwanda attracts both positive and negative news almost in equal measure is to say the least.Today, the dominating wire story will be how Rwanda’s investment reforms and innovations are an appetiser for investors and, tomorrow, the lead headline will be the opposite – maybe something picked from a report of those loud-mouthed NGOs demonising Rwanda on all sorts of things.  This week offered the best scenario of what I am trying to describe.At the start of the week, the big news on Rwanda was about a report done by the World Economic Forum, in its global competitiveness index, where it cited Rwanda as the most competitive country in East Africa and the third in Sub-Saharan Africa.The report praised Rwanda as one country that continues to build strong public institutions with strong governance credentials.In its words the report said, "As do the other comparatively successful African countries, Rwanda benefits from strong and relatively well-functioning institutions, with very low levels of corruption – an outcome that is certainly related to the government’s non-tolerance policy – and a good security environment.”But as we were beginning to digest the content of this report, then came the usual routine noisemakers, Human Rights Watch, with their copy-paste report on DRC. Similar in style, content, findings and presentation to that of the UN Group of Experts on the Congo, the report had nothing new to offer.As expected international, wires jumped on it, this time with the BBC authoritatively describing the M-23 rebels as "Rwandan backed” rebels in their bulletin of Focus on Africa on Tuesday. How a ‘credible and neutral’ news network comes out with such a statement, without attributing it to anyone but instead stating it as fact, demonstrates the kind of bias on the part of the international media and tells you who they are in bed with.This too made its rounds with hardly any Rwandan response to it. Then on Tuesday another report similar in mission to the one of the World Economic Forum was also released.The report titled "Where to Invest in Africa (2012 edition) ” was released by Rand merchant Bank’s Global Market Research and ranked Africa’s 53 countries considered the most attractive for investors.Its findings were not far from what we had read from the World Economic Forum’s Competitive Index. It simply stated that anyone seeking to invest in Africa is better off putting their money in Rwanda."Rwanda is a tiny country, but its reform efforts have been so outstanding that it is reaping rapid rates of economic growth and associated improvements in the business environment. It is Africa’s success story,” the report said.  Ranked on the basis of market size, market growth and the business-operating environment, Rwanda came 14th on the continent.  Its un-doing was the market size.So this is the mixed bag of what you get in a space on four days on Rwanda. Some reports glorifying, others castigating.  Two reports approving the investment climate and one carrying the usual baggage on Congo. These two scenarios have been a custom.To an outsider the two scenarios must be confusing.  On the one hand here is a country praised for economic recovery and investor friendly policies, and on the other, a country that sees no value in having peace.On the one hand a country that’s rolling out ICT infrastructure and on the other a government allegedly muzzling freedoms of expression – all contradicting situations. Many innocent souls, must be asking themselves how or where this country gets time and resources to carry out reforms and at the same time engage in unnecessary wars?The answer lies in a great Kinyarwanda adage, "ubuze icyo atuka inka, aravuga ngo dore icyo gicebe cyayo” (loosely translated to mean that when one fails to see anything to criticize on a cow, they resort to despising its udder).Therefore, Rwanda is simply paying the price for its own success. Its sudden emergence on the world stage attracts both admirers and enemies in equal measure. Its short-term metamorphosis from a failed state into a case study of post-conflict recovery puts this country under immense scrutiny.Rwanda is like that sparkling bride at the high table. Some will admire her but others will bad-mouth her. Some will cook up all sorts of stories to undermine her beauty but the beauty will always remain intact.Rwanda might be small in size but its acts are gigantic. Standing up to be counted has both positive and negative implications. Though the doomsday prophets are louder, at the end of the day, the biggest weapon to silence them is simply keeping the growth curve as sharp as ever.Therefore, the two contradicting storylines on Rwanda should not confuse anyone. They’re simply the consequences of flying the Rwandan flag high.On twitter @aasiimwe