Reassuring...

Those following the international news and having an even vague notion of African geography might be a little worried about possible effects of the current events in Burundi on neighbouring Rwanda, but we can reassure you all that at the moment there's nothing to fear: it is absolutely true that what happens in Burundi has always some influence on our country and unfortunately the same issue as that behind the current unrest there will come to the fore here in 2017, at the end of the president 2nd term, hopefully without the same developments, but it is also absolutely clear that the situation here is completely stable (and could not be otherwise given the president's super-tight grip on any socio-political aspect, a grip which can be very easily compared to a dic...orship, hence the dots).

At present, the only effect is the influx of refugees, bad for them, as most of the fleeing Burundians moved from extreme poverty to nothingness or to refugee camps, and also not so good for Rwanda either as it is already one of the most densely populated country on earth and suffering badly from that, so adding more people to the equation is not going to improve things at all...

But the four Lions in Kigali have nothing to fear, they only have to keep finding the best way to help the needy who live around them and if the chances occur to do something for the refugees, though the camps are really far away and we've got already our hands more than full with our lot here.

If you are sincerely interested in the situation south of the border, one of our links points to a blog by Simon, a great Christian worker who's been dedicating his life to the people of Burundi for 16 years and therefore has got a lot to write about it: definitely worth a read, all the time but especially these days!