This African nation transformed itself from a killing field to a tourist mecca. Here's how
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- Written by Tonny Onyulo
KIGALI, Rwanda — Waving the national flag ahead of Friday's election, Arnold Kayira praises President Paul Kagame for transforming Rwanda from a horrific genocidal battleground to a thriving nation that lures tourists to see its famed mountain gorillas.
“He saved us,” the 35-year-old street hawker in this capital city said of the 1994 mass killings of mostly Tutsi tribal members by Hutus, a murderous rampage made famous by the 2004 movie Hotel Rwanda.
