Politics
Rwanda rejects France’s choice of ambassador
Monday, February 20, 2012
Tensions have eased this year after experts mandated by a French inquiry to probe the 1994 downing of Rwandan leader Juvenal Habyarimana’s jet cleared Kagame’s aides of involvement.
The assassination of Habyarimana was one of the triggers that unleashed a genocide that left around 800,000 Rwandans dead.
Following the 1994 attack, hardliners from the slain president’s Hutu ethnic group, led by members of his inner circle, began to slaughter members of Kagame’s Tutsi minority.
Kagame’s rebel Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) eventually managed to overthrow the Hutu-led regime.
Copyright 2012 AFP.
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