The East African nation of Rwanda is requiring all visitors from the United States and Spain to self-monitor, fill out an extensive questionnaire and report their medical condition for the first 21 days of their visits because of the Ebola cases that have surfaced in the two Western countries.

Coincidentally or not, the new screening follows an embarrassing uproar in a New Jersey school over the imminent enrollment of two Rwanda children that initially prompted their parents to keep them at home for 21 days.

The order by the Rwanda government to visiting Americans and Spaniards was posted Tuesday on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda:

"On October 19, the Rwandan Ministry of Health introduced new Ebola Virus Disease screening requirements. Visitors who have been in the United States or Spain during the last 22 days are now required to report their medical condition—regardless of whether they are experiencing symptoms of Ebola—by telephone by dialing 114 between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the duration of their visit to Rwanda (if less than 21 days), or for the first 21 days of their visit to Rwanda. Rwandan authorities continue to deny entry to visitors who traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, or Sierra Leone within the past 22 days."
The U.S. and Spain have both recorded deaths from Ebola. In Dallas, a Liberian national died of the virus two weeks ago and two nurses who treated him tested positive for the virus. At least two Spanish missionaries died in Spain after contracting the disease in West Africa. One Spanish nurse also tested positive for the virus.

Rwanda is located in East Africa about 2,600 miles east of Liberia, the closest of the three West African countries with the Ebola outbreak. Rwanda has been unaffected by the Ebola outbreak on the other side of the continent and has reported no cases of the virus.

The dust-up in New Jersey involving two Rwanda children took a new turn Monday with an apology by the superintendent of the Maple Shade School District in Burlington County.

The children were supposed to begin classes Monday at Howard Yocum Elementary School in Maple Shade, N.J., but ran into a backlash from other parents, WTXF-TV in Philadelphia.com reports.

The uproar started after a school nurse sent a note to staff members saying that the school intended to take the temperature of the two students three times a day for the next 3 weeks, the normal incubation period for Ebola.

The letter quickly leaked to parents, stirring up fears and prompting the school district to post a note that their parents had voluntarily decided to keep them at home for 21 days.

But on Tuesday, the school district changed course again and apologized for its rash behavior, noting on its website that its schools have "become the unwitting 'face' of our nations fears with regard to pressing health concerns."

"None of the actions that have shined the regional light of media exposure on Maple Shade Schools was mean-spirited or ill intended," writes school superintendent Beth Norcia.

She says the school next week "will welcome the new students whose parents graciously offered to keep them close this week."

She adds that the schools will "consider the unintended consequences of our messages more carefully in the future. No matter how well-intentioned, a message that originated within our schools created conflict and concern within the Maple Shade community. We offer our sincere apologies."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/21/rwanda-united-statees-ebola-screening/17653947/


NOTE: [/b]Anyone see the similarity between Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda and The People's, General Mohammadu Buhari? Vote fearless and not clueless leaders! Well, asides the astute leadership qualities of Paul Kagame and Mohammadu Buhari, they are all from the Sahel Fulani extraction, known for their discipline and take-no-nonsense approach to life. And ofcourse, they look very much alike. Let us do the needful come 2015!

[b]-CramJones

It's cool.

It serves them wright, I wonder when will would start our own.

The drama is becoming interesting

I wish we have more African countries with balls like Rwanda. Americans are so ignorant that they think the whole Africa is a country

Why do i love this news? What's good for tha goose is good for the gander.
This is what we call principle of reciprocity.
I know our ball-ess gej cant stand up to d west like this.
Up Rwanda! Up paul Kagame!

This may sound petty but am happy its happening to them. Really happy.

Now they would know what it feels like

Rwandan authorities continue to deny entry to visitors who traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, or Sierra Leone within the past 22 days.

Where is US?

I congratulate the Lagos State government and the Rivers State Government, both APC leaders, for showing how competent leadership should be in the face of a national disaster.

-CramJones

cramjones:

PS: Anyone see the similarity between Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda and The People's, General Mohammadu Buhari? Vote fearless and not clueless leaders! Well, asides the astute leadership qualities of [size=13pt]Paul Kagame and Mohammadu Buhari, they are all from the Sahel Fulani extraction[/size], known for their discipline and take-no-nonsense approach to life. And ofcourse, they look very much alike. Let us do it come 2015!
-CramJones

Apart from the obvious similarity which you quoted, you forgot the chaos that was Rwanda a few years back, the war between the Hutus and the Tutsis, of which Kagame played a vicious part. Paul Kagame is still being sought by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide.
Lets just hope Buhari don't plunge Nigeria into full scale ethnic war like Kagame, a feat not beyond his means.

Methinks their policies and ideas are best left in the sahel region.

Mogidi:


Apart from the obvious similarity which you quoted, you forgot the chaos that was Rwanda a few years back, the war between the Hutus and the Tutsis, of which Kagame played a vicious part. Paul Kagame is still being sought by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide.
Lets just hope Buhari don't plunge Nigeria into full scale ethnic war like Kagame, a feat not beyond his means.

Methinks their policies and ideas are best left in the sahel region.

Kindly stop propagating lies from the pit of hell! Paul Kagame today is regarded as the finest and best leader in Africa. Go to Rwanda and you will weep for Nigeria. Paul Kagame has earned international respect, and his country is on the path to becoming one of the greatest nations on the face of the earth. I urge you to read this article, when you are done, show me a similar article in a reputable international media written on behalf of President Jonathan's "achievements".

-CramJones

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/02/12/rwanda-a-stunning-turnaround-on-a-continent-marked-by-broken-promises/

Rwanda: A Stunning Turnaround On A Continent Marked By Broken Promises - FORBES

At a recent gathering of business and political leaders in Kigali, President Paul Kagame, the charismatic yet controversial Rwandan leader, stated, “We have understood for a long time that you can’t cure poverty without democracy. The only cure is through business, entrepreneurship, and innovation.” His pro-business and free-market comments are the moral of the story of the “other Rwanda,” the one that has moved beyond what it is perhaps best known for—the 1994 genocide in which one million people were killed in 100 days. And, it contrasts with the current crossfire of accusations (vehemently denied by the Rwandan government) of alleged support to a rebel group in its chronically violent next-door neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Within Rwanda, another narrative continues to unfold, with a positive impact that could extend well beyond its borders: the slow, steady, and consistent promotion of entrepreneurship and private sector development, two powerful ingredients in the progress toward full democracy in this landlocked country of 11 million people.

According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2013 report, Rwanda ranks 52 out of 185 on “ease of doing business” and 8 on “ease in starting a business.” It is the second most improved nation globally and the top improved in sub-Saharan Africa since 2005. Through safety and security, zero-tolerance for corruption, and a stated goal to eliminate foreign aid (currently about 40 percent of its budget), Rwanda has put itself on a trajectory toward greater self-sufficiency; the evidence is in the numbers—projected 7.8% GDP growth in 2013, making it the ninth fastest growing economy in the world.

On a return trip to Rwanda last week, we saw ample evidence in Kigali: a new and fully-leased 20-story skyscraper, tower cranes that punctuate the skyline, and shiny metal roofs in rural areas that attest to growing household income. (Rwanda raised one million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2011.) Agricultural cooperatives improve efficiency and productivity. Coffee washing stations produce value-added “fully washed” coffee beans stripped of their outer hull and mucilage for export to the U.S., Europe, and Asia.


Foreign direct investors include Visa Inc., with its year-old cashless banking and payment processing ventures, and ContourGlobal, a New York-based company installing technology to extract methane gas from the waters of Lake Kivu to generate electricity. Chinese construction, South African telephony, and soon an Israeli solar-power venture are but some of the multinational involvements. Carnegie Mellon’s new Rwandan campus offers a master of science degree in information technology, reflecting Rwanda’s vision of evolving into an IT-based economy.

Yet most impressive are the more modest homegrown ventures: new boutique hotels, restaurants, small IT shops, printers, event planning, and tourism offerings. (In 2010 alone, 18,447 new businesses were registered in Rwanda.) A young woman dressed in smart attire urged two visitors to come to her new shop, which sells upscale fabrics and offers custom tailoring. The nascent Rwanda Stock Exchange lists four stocks—two Rwandan and two cross-listings—along with a few bonds, and plans to expand from truncated open-outcry sessions (which with a handful of brokers and light volume are more murmur than roar) to an electronic platform.

While hardly the next Facebook or Google, this is the kind of entrepreneurship that’s needed in Rwanda, where the average age is just under 20. Twelve years of compulsory education, increased enrollment in institutions of higher learning, and more vocational training will produce a generation of workers who cannot possibly be employed by the government. On a continent in which power tends to coagulate at the top and rarely spreads to regional and local levels, Rwanda preaches a gospel of free enterprise and private sector job creation.

Rwanda is not without its challenges and criticisms; among them are human capital development, particularly at the mid-tier level, and bureaucracy and chronic delays that are the unintended consequences of the drive to prevent corruption. (Paralysis can set in when something should, legitimately, be expedited, out of fear of even the appearance of impropriety.) Politically, Rwanda needs further gains in free speech (critics charge it silences political opposition) and more freedom for local press that must professionalize.


But Rwanda has come very far, very fast, from the lowest level of human-induced catastrophe that left it morally, socially, politically, and financially bankrupt. Out of those ashes of the 1994 genocide, when the West did nothing to intervene, Rwanda learned not to depend long-term on the outside world for help (a lesson that should be heeded in Haiti, where despite billions in aid, virtually no material gains have been made).

As Rwanda receives help from the likes of the Clinton Foundation, Partners In Health, Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative, and many others, its appetite is for knowledge and development of institutions, not hand-outs that come with someone else’s agenda attached.

If Rwanda does, indeed, develop entrepreneurship and free enterprise as tools to build a future of its own design, its success will provide a stunning example of “the ultimate turnaround” on a continent in which there have been far too many examples of broken promises and unrealized potential.

Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond are authors of Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World (November 2012, Palgrave-Macmillan).

Ewu

I totally support this!... Serve em a dose of their own medicine.

chaberry:
Ewu

Is that your mother's name?

-CramJones

cramjones:


Kindly stop propagating lies from the pit of hell! Paul Kagame today is regarded as the finest and best leader in Africa. Go to Rwanda and you will weep for Nigeria. Paul Kagame has earned international respect, and his country is on the path to becoming one of the greatest nations on the face of the earth. I urge you to read this article, when you are done, show me a similar article in a reputable international media written on behalf of President Jonathan's "achievements".

[size=13pt]Darling of the West, terror to his opponents[/size]
[b]
Patrick Karegeya knew Paul Kagame well. The pair went to school together, worked alongside each other in Ugandan intelligence and then fought to free their country from the genocidal gangsters who unleashed horror in their native Rwanda. When Kagame became president, Karegeya was put in charge of foreign intelligence services.

But after a decade, their disagreements, including over human rights and attacks on neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, became too strong. He was relieved of his duties, stripped of his rank as colonel and jailed. Once free he fled, later joining forces with three other prominent exiles to lead opposition to Kagame’s government.

Knowing the Rwandan president so well, Karegeya was under no illusions what might happen to him, especially after his friend Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa was shot in the stomach in South Africa in 2010. “The Rwandan government can no longer tolerate any dissent,” he said last year. “There is a deliberate plan to finish us off.”

Now the plain-speaking Karegeya is dead, his brutalised body discovered in the room of a luxury South African hotel. A murder investigation has been launched. It seems he was strangled, a rope from the hotel curtains found with a bloodied towel in the safe[/b].

According to "Filip Reyntjens, a Belgian scholar whom many consider the world's foremost expert on Rwanda, describes Kagame as "probably the worst war criminal in office today."
Predicting Talakawa leader Buhari would cause chaos if given chance to govern is like predicting rainfall during raining season.
Good night.

I like this old troll

Lol. Rwanda kwa, U.s don suffer. Dem go hear am.

Cramjones don't mention Buhari again because Uganda's president is more intelligent than Buhari.The worst part is that Buhari doesn't know what Ebola is.He is better off in his northern enclave where he smokes weed and takes two morning and night!

GEJ till 2019

cramjones:


Is that your mother's name?

-CramJones

Your Linage's surname

chaberry:
Your Linage's surname

Quite despicable and appalling that you deny the name of your mother! If I were her i will spit you out!

-CramJones

cramjones:


Quite despicable and appalling that you deny the name of your mother! If I were her i will spit you out!

-CramJones

Ouchh! It didn't get 2 me. well, gr8 ur mom for me... Ooops, i forget u have none, anyway my regards 2 the motherless home where u grew up