{"id":36491,"date":"2017-12-12T16:48:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rpf-30-over-1000-attend-conference-on-liberation\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T12:47:02","slug":"rpf-30-over-1000-attend-conference-on-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rpf-30-over-1000-attend-conference-on-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"RPF@30: Over 1000 attend conference on liberation and transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conference that brought together party members, scholars and different leaders from across the continent and beyond took place under the theme \u2018Liberation and Transformation: Realising a dignified and prosperous Africa\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The conference targeted to boost solidarity around the common fate that Africans share, and RPF\u2019s commitment to contributing to Africa\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the conference, the RPF Vice-Chairperson, Christophe Bazivamo said that from the liberation struggle until now, RPF\u2019s message has been consistent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leadership of the country today was mooted in the aftermath of the Genocide during the national conference that was convened at Village Urugwiro where consensus was agreed upon as the best way to lead our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The conference featured panel discussions, with one under the theme; \u2018Driving National Transformation and Realizing Africa\u2019s full potential\u2019 where panelists discussed key features of national transformation and what is required to maintain ideological clarity. <\/p>\n<p>Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa and the former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer participated in the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Mkapa congratulated President Paul Kagame for great nationalism and pan-Africanisim saying that it has earned him the respect of his people and the entire African continent.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the need for continued integration of Africa saying that it is rooted in the very foundation of the former Organisation of African Unity, which is now the African Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext year, Africa must do what it takes to ensure the African youth change their aspirations of going to Europe for greener pasture by ensuring they find those opportunities in Africa so they stay,\u201d Mkapa urged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23179 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bazivamo.jpg\" alt=\"Bazivamo speaks in the conference\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23178 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rpf-2.jpg\" alt=\"Over 1000 gathered for the conference\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23177 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mkapa.jpg\" alt=\"Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa speaks in the conference\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1000 people have gathered at Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF)-Inkotanyi headquarters in Kigali for a conference on \u2018African Liberation\u2019 ahead of the party\u2019s 30 year anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36491"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36491"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}