Aid is a tool of blackmail

Editor,I wish to remind Rwandan leaders that they have achieved a lot even without foreign support. You eliminated hatred, nepotism, ethnicity problems, dictatorship, colonial thinking among the society, genocide ideology, you name it. We, Rwandans we appreciate. And with our fellow Africans we should think wise and forget relying on colonialists who always intend to exploit our natural resources and employ their people by causing conflicts on this continent.They do that by trying to pit communities and nations against each other, through such deceit as recently manufactured lies by the so-called UN experts who work for selfish interests of the Europeans and the West in general. I like our Defence Force, the RDF – you’re exemplary through your discipline, integrity and how you deal with the enemy, and above all, you love your country. Keep it up; foreign countries just want to weaken you because they don’t like what we have achieved together as a nation over the last few years. But doesn’t worry, God loves you and Rwanda.Mai, Kigali ------------------------- This is insane. If only they would keep their aid, we would learn to develop without it. Their plan is to keep us dependent just like drug addicts. I think it is high time we started recovering from this drug called aid and start exploring ways of how best we can cope with our own challenges without their support. Niba Ntamunoza, duterimbere bikaba ikibazo, twakena nabwo bagasakuza. It’s ridiculous! Why can’t they leave us alone?Petit, Kigali(Editor’s note: These are some of the online reactions to the story, Foreign interests ruin chances for peace in DRC, The New Times, October 5. The comments are in response to decisions by some donors to freeze aid to Rwanda in the wake of a controversial UN report which accuses the country of backing the M23 rebels in DRC – Kigali has denied the allegations).

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Aid is a tool of blackmail