The Heat: The Rise of Rwanda

The Heat

It’s been over twenty years since Rwanda witnessed a brutal genocide. While the wounds from one of the most savage events in our time continues to heal, Rwanda is reshaping its political and economic future.

It’s a small country of a thousand hills and it suffered a slaughter on a scale unseen since the Holocaust in Germany. The world knows the tragic history of Rwanda, but how much do we know about Rwanda’s recovery? Can Rwanda overcome its wounded past?

To help us find out the answer, CCTV America’s John Gilmore provided an update.

Just how far has Rwanda risen, when it comes to political and economic growth? And how is everything going on in terms of the political and economic development of Rwanda since the genocide? To discuss these questions, The Heat spoke to:

  • Romeo Dallaire, the UN peacekeeper who bore witness to a genocide he was powerless to stop.
  • Nii Akuetteh, the Executive Director of the African Immigrant Council.
  • Cedric Muhammad, a macroeconomist and Managing Director of Africa PreBrief, an advisory and investment firm.


One last look at Rwanda’s remarkable rise from the ashes, CCTV’s John Gilmore filed this report.