{"id":14540,"date":"2014-05-21T08:38:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T08:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-blames-african-leaders-over\/"},"modified":"2014-05-22T07:05:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T07:05:06","slug":"president-kagame-blames-african-leaders-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-blames-african-leaders-over\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame Blames African Leaders Over Conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{President Paul Kagame on Tuesday blamed African leaders for failure to resolve conflicts that are taking the continent backwards.}}<\/p>\n

\u201cAs African leaders, we must take responsibility and accept our failures in dealing with these matters,\u201d he told a panel discussion at the ongoing African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meeting in the capital, Kigali.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless we deeply look into these, we may not make any meaningful progress on the continent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kagame and other leaders were discussing a report from the panel of experts established by the AfDB president, Donald Kaberuka. Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chaired the high level panel on fragile states.<\/p>\n

Social exclusion, income inequality, vulnerability to economic, social and environmental risks, according to the 2014 African Economic Outlook report, continue to threaten Africa\u2019s long-term aspiration for a people-centred and prosperous continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace and security breakdowns in the Central African Republic and South Sudan have resulted in the tragic loss of lives and livelihoods,\u201d notes the 205-page report.<\/p>\n

\u201cA strong commitment from Africa and the international community is required to help address these crises\u201d, it adds.<\/p>\n

The conflict in South Sudan, Kagame said, would not have escalated into a full-scale war had its leaders taken into consideration what prompted the fight for independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis country and the people there wanted to be independent. They got independence, but that turned into a problem,\u201d he told the audience at the AfDB meeting.<\/p>\n

Kagame, however, insisted that African leaders should work together and solve their own problems, without seeking assistance from western countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do you have wait for Europeans to solve your problem? he asked, adding that “I think we should work together to solve our own problems”.<\/p>\n

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