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France charges Rwanda aide amid Kigali protests (AFP via Yahoo! News)
11/19/2008 09:49 PM

French judicial officials charged a longtime comrade-in-arms of Rwanda's president over an assassination in the run-up to the 1994 genocide, as anti-European protests unfolded in Kigali.

Kagame aide to be extradited as protests rock Rwanda (AFP via Yahoo! News)
11/19/2008 05:29 AM

Germany was to extradite to France on Wednesday an old comrade-in-arms of Rwanda's president over an assassination that triggered 1994's genocide, sparking mass anti-European protests in Kigali.

Rwanda: Judge Bruguiere Violated the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction (AllAfrica.com)
11/19/2008 11:54 PM

The recent unlawful arrest of Rwanda's Director of state protocol Rose Kabuye in Germany has sparked a round of condemnation from world leaders like Louis Michel and Tony Blair, the African Union and country wide protests, which have rocked Kigali City and upcountry areas.

France Charges Rwanda Aide Amid Kigali Protests (Nasdaq)
11/19/2008 05:46 PM

PARIS (AFP)--French judicial officials Wednesday charged a longtime comrade- in-arms of Rwanda's president over an assassination in the run-up to the 1994 genocide, as anti-European protests unfolded in Kigali.

Rwanda expels German ambassador (Guardian Unlimited)
11/20/2008 12:47 AM

Rwanda has ordered the German ambassador to leave the country and recalled its envoy in Berlin after the arrest of its chief of protocol at Frankfurt airport on Sunday. But the Rwandan government said it was not severing diplomatic ties with Germany and that full relations would be restored once the controversy over Rose Kabuye's arrest is resolved. Kabuye, Rwanda's director of state ...

France charges Rwanda aide (News 24 South Africa)
11/20/2008 01:33 AM

French judicial officials have charged a longtime comrade-in-arms of Rwanda's president over an assassination in the run-up to the 1994 genocide.

UPDATE: Rwanda President Aide Extradited As Protests Rock Kigali (Nasdaq)
11/19/2008 10:16 AM

(Adds quotes, further details, background.) PARIS (AFP)--French officials took custody Wednesday of an old comrade-in-arms of Rwanda's president, charged over an assassination in the run-up to the 1994 genocide, while in Kigali there were mass anti-European protests.

Rwanda: The Unpardonable Distortion of Rwanda's Tutsi Genocide (The New Times) (AllAfrica.com)
11/19/2008 09:27 AM

On November 14, The Daily Monitor, one of Uganda's leading dailies, in its editorial commentary titled, "Rwanda, France need neutral arbitrator," committed the most unforgivable transgression similar to that [some] international media outlets are fond of: blatantly and dishearteningly distorting facts on Rwanda's 1994 Tutsi genocide.

Rwanda: Banking - Fina Bank in Regional Expansion (AllAfrica.com)
11/19/2008 07:40 AM

Currently, the bank has 17 branches across the region including 10 in Kenya, 5 in Rwanda and 2 in Uganda.

Rwanda: Ugandan Groups to Protest Kabuye' Arrest (AllAfrica.com)
11/19/2008 07:40 AM

The arrest of the Director of State Protocol, Rose Kabuye, is raising a furore not only in Rwanda but in Uganda and other countries as well.