Can Somalia follow the footsteps of Rwanda?
This article was originally published for The New Times Newspaper (Rwanda) A few days ago, I landed at Kigali International Airport past midnight around at 1:00 am, to be exact, shortly after the announcement of the flight attendant; “ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Kigali International Airport”. I was among the first passengers to disembark, and I immediately proceeded to the immigration desk. I cleared with the immigration in less than 10 minutes and found myself already out of the arrivals’ gate eagerly looking forward to seeing city often described as “Africa’s cleanest city”. Looking around, I immediately sensed that I had landed in a city that is entirely different from those I previously visited on the continent. Clean and quiet. I woke up to a morning breeze with a scenic sunrise view from my balcony and beautiful voices of birds, my eyes wandered out to the mountain above the landscape around the city. I saw people rushing to offices, children walking