Rwanda: Hollywood Star Moved By Country's Progress

Urugwiro Villiage — The visiting Dean of African American actors, Danny Glover has expressed profound delight over the determination of the Rwandan people to transform the country after the 1994 Genocide. Following his meeting with President Paul Kagame at Urugwiro Village yesterday, the winner of four Emmy nominations as an actor said his visit to the country has been one of the most remarkable tours he has ever made on the continent and the world over. "The way in which the Rwandan people have invested their energy, passion and love in transformation is a remarkable lesson for men and women all over the world," he said as an observation of Rwanda's determination to build the country. Nominated the ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1998, Glover also chairs the board of the Trans-Africa... [read full story]                    

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