Tag Archives: Rwanda DR Congo, most recently Zaire, is one of Africa’s largest countries. Blessed with a vast wealth of minerals resources and staggering natural beauty, it should be one of the world’s richest nations. Sadly, it is not. With its tumultuous history of violent conflict and instability, today this country has a reputation as dysfunctional, dangerous place....  Turning off the tarmac, we headed towards Akagera National Park. The ruddy red road threw up clouds of dust. “You know take the ‘African massage’!” laughed Gilles our driver, as the bumping ride pounded our spines. Passing scenes quickly changed. Longhorn cattle herds swaggered lazily along the roadside (and I mean long – horns up...  Today we witnessed what can only be described as “hell on earth”. In 1994, simmering tensions between Rwanda’s Hutu and Tutsi people boiled over – resulting in one of the most horrific killing sprees in world history. The bloodthirsty savagery unleashed involved appalling acts of violence, torture and cruel deaths. Almost unbelievably, in a period...  Now I don’t know about you, but my mental picture of what Africa is like is fairly limited. I’d never stepped foot on the land, but had several ideas stencilled on my mind from years of news coverage. Poverty, tragedy, corruption and disease are often media bywords for Africa’s post-colonial history. Of course, we know...  After several long hours waiting in the stale heat of Nairobi’s airport late on Saturday night we made our way to a small ‘commuter jet’ bound for Rwanda. The flight was full of African business people – from all sorts of different backgrounds. As probably the only ‘backpacker’ types we’d started to stand out a... |
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Stu Harris is a commercial photographer and documentary media producer based in Tasmania, Australia. 
Jim Collins is a pastor, speaker and freelance writer. He is also co-founder of Love in Action,