Rwanda genocide ‘kingpin’ Théoneste Bagosora dies in prison
Théoneste Bagosora, 80, was a senior figure in Rwanda’s ministry of defence at the time of the killings.
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Théoneste Bagosora, 80, was a senior figure in Rwanda’s ministry of defence at the time of the killings.
A Rwandan priest was arrested in France this week on charges of providing, among other things, food to militiamen who massacred members of the Tutsi minority in his church during the 1994 genocide in the African country, authorities said Friday.
The widow of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana has appealed against a French judge’s decision to keep investigating claims she was involved in the country’s 1994 genocide, her lawyer said on Monday.
French judges have dropped a long-running investigation into the shooting down of a plane carrying the former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana.
Rwanda has opened a formal investigation into 20 French officials it says are suspected of involvement in the genocide of 1994. Chief prosecutor Richard Muhumuza said French authorities had been contacted and full co-operation was expected. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the mass killings. About 800,000 people, mostly Tutsis, died at […]
A French court has sentenced two former Rwandan mayors to life in prison for their part in the 1994 genocide.