Kabuga’s Arrest Heralds Renewed Relations Between Rwanda And France
By Elite Reporter
The sour relationship between Rwanda and France that has spurn decades ever since the government in Kigali fell out with successive regimes in France is likely to end following the arrest of genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga, 84, who was arrested from Paris a few days ago.
According to political analysts, the arrest of Kabuga, who was the most wanted suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in a Paris apartment last week, highlights renewed French commitment to improve relations with Rwanda, long injured by allegations against each other on the genocide.
Prosecutors say that the long coming but dramatic end
to the fugitive’s run from justice could not have happened if France—criticised
for harbouring Rwandan genocide fugitives—had not co-operated in the...
