Rwanda: From victim to perpetrator of genocide

Paul Kagame has presided over the plunder of DR Congo's mineral wealth to consolidate Tutsi hegemony in Kigali. Now with the support of his powerful western allies, Kagame is eyeing Congolese territory.
In a previous article published by Pambazuka on 16 November 2011, we argued that, as the only superpower left, the United States of America – which did not participate in the Berlin Conference – is claiming the lion’s share of Africa ’s resources. In fact, the US ’s desire to devour Africa was best explained by the late American Under-Secretary of State for Commerce, Ron Brown, while visiting Uganda. He told a dinner party audience that, ‘For many years African business has been dominated by Europeans while America gets only 17 percent of the market. We are now determined to reverse that and take the lion’s share.’ (Kintu 1997:1).

We then raised the following questions which remain valid: why should democratically elected African governments give or let the US take the lion’s share instead of giving the lion’s share to the people who elected them? Which should come first – American interests or African people’s interests? What means would the US use to take the lion’s share? Is it possible to respect democratically established governments in Africa and take the lion’s share at the same time?

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