watch says free speech or the freedom to criticize the government or the ruling party of president paul kagame may has been severely replaced in the country correspondent 90 corridor bol was recently in wanda where she met an opposition leader. big. dreams of a truly free and democratic rhonda. but as the opposition leader claims the country is transforming the stream into reality. but internationally and its president the reputation of being a repressive regime. as the man who with his rebel group and at the mosque killings of the 994 genocide some 800000. and moderate hutus have been massacred in just 100 days he has since been applauded for visionary leadership and bringing stability to the east african nation. russia is well known as africa's development and today. streets in skyscrapers reflect the modernizing economy and progressive society but there is a disparity between perception and reality the president's critics say this exterior is one curated by. a darker truths. in the beer is the fast woman who challenged me for the presidency in 2010 she returned from exile in the netherlands

in the 2017 election president paul kagame a gotcha 98 percent off that voters an overwhelming majority is that outcome truly reflective of how people feel towards this president would you say yes simple answer oh right i'd like to challenge and say but he was the only candidates running in the election opposition voices were not allowed to run they were discredited of discredited for one rule and the reason i want to ask if you're comfortable living in a country away opposition voices are silenced is that of democracy. so so 2 things i realize you have been developed in the past and now i'm going back to that and then i come across to combine the 2nd one before i go to the developing on the 1st one is that instead to correct there were 3 candidates in the elections. 2 of the opposition and one the incumbent and then the incumbent one and the tool of the opposition one of them is now in parliament he actually won his party ticket in parliament him and another member of his party are now in parliament the 3rd one is to a small party was brand new he'd just come back to the country to cal

a professor of international development and interest in the a former aides to run us president paul kagame e david is president khatami doing a good job and with regard to the economy. we are on paper yes. percent growth. or as you mentioned those. numbers sounds that start impressive but it's already when you you can to look at it closely. what is this growth about you find. much of the growth in the things that are not traded. traded was. most it industry to be used to your mission industries. industry. is not. manufacturing is tiny nonexistent. so the industry that basically construction. mining and stuff like that. that really do not added value or explicable. this is not this is just talking about the bits that are actually working do you don't think that rather could be a role model for other african economies no absolutely not it's kind of been model of close 3 reasons 1st this is a country. whose budget. to the tune of 50 percent comes before any number 2. they cornered me we speak about the biggest. october in the economy actually is there one and perhaps your tax front group or p

fledged democracy and that is the autocratic leader as witnessed in somewhere like rwanda where paul kagame his government composed exceptionally high results excellent results in terms of all the barometers of development but of course when it comes to civil and individual freedoms much less. yes that's the type of. state that was developed not just in rwanda but in the east asian model in countries like singapore in took a walk in korea and even under china today under the jeep ng and even to be that approach of a. strong man at the hand may be appealing to countries where civilian democracies have turned to be really good up to democracies but we have to be very careful we did limit is that we have gained we have to ensure that new minted them because you can have both sides of the process and i'm careful about just not copying what mr comey is achieved in this country because the room for that that kind army has been running a country that came out of a genocide that killed over 800000 people in 1904 so you do not take this edition of. rwanda and bring it like we need those kind of a ne

the most surprising guest was paul kagame, president of rwanda. the border with the drc for two decades, but on friday he joined his congolese and angolan —— saturday cou nterpa rts and they agreed to wipe out opposing groups. the ceremonies came to an end with the laying to rest of mr tshisekedi's often on the outskirts of the capital, but while this was an opportunity for regional togetherness there was little sign of reconciliation between the drc‘s rival politicians. the search for eight missing climbers in the himalayas, including four britons, is expected to resume in the next few hours. the group had been attempting to climb the nanda devi mountain which is the second highest in india. their goal is believed to have been the east peak of the mountain, which is more than 7,000 metres high and lies close to the border with china. the alarm was raised on friday night after the team failed to return to base as expected. gordonjanow is from alpine ascents — he explains more about the route the climbers were taking. that's what mountaineers try t

fledged democracy and that is the autocratic leader as witnessed in somewhere like rwanda where paul kagame his government composed exceptionally high results excellent results in terms of all the barometers of development but of course when it comes to civil and individual freedoms much less. yes that's the type of. state that was developed not just in rwanda but in the east asian model in countries like singapore in toto you won in korea and even under china today under the jeep ng and even to be that approach of a. strong man at the hand may be appealing to countries where civilian democracies have turned to be really good up to democracies but we have to be very careful. liberties that we have gained we have to ensure that me minted them because you can have both sides of the process and i'm careful about just not copying what mr comey is achieved in this country because the room for good that kind i mean has been running a country that came out of a genocide that killed over 800000 people in 1904 so you do not take this edition of. rwanda and bring it like we need those kind of a new d