Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he wants to look positively at what might come for his country from the new Trump administration. Mr. Kagame was speaking at The Wall Street Journal's Investing in Africa conference. Photo: Media Powerhouse/The Wall Street JournalLONDON—Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said the political tumult in the U.S. and Europe should spur African nations to carve out a path independent of Western trade, aid or influence. “I want to see Africa get its act together,” Mr. Kagame, a vocal critic of Western intervention on the continent, told an audience on Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal’s Investing in Africa conference here. The former guerrilla fighter turned...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 07, 2017 22:18 UTC