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| Rwanda expels German ambassador | Rwanda expels German ambassador |
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| Rwanda has expelled Germany's envoy and recalled its own ambassador amid a row over a detained presidential aide. | Rwanda has expelled Germany's envoy and recalled its own ambassador amid a row over a detained presidential aide. |
| Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali said the German envoy would not be welcome until the arrest of protocol chief Rose Kabuye was resolved. | Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali said the German envoy would not be welcome until the arrest of protocol chief Rose Kabuye was resolved. |
| Ms Kabuye was detained in Frankfurt on Sunday in connection with a killing that triggered the 1994 genocide. | Ms Kabuye was detained in Frankfurt on Sunday in connection with a killing that triggered the 1994 genocide. |
| She is one of nine senior officials wanted over the shooting down of former President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane. | She is one of nine senior officials wanted over the shooting down of former President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane. |
| His murder is widely seen as the spark that led to the deaths of some 800,000 people in Rwanda. | His murder is widely seen as the spark that led to the deaths of some 800,000 people in Rwanda. |
| 'Sovereignty violation' | 'Sovereignty violation' |
| Ms Museminali told Reuters news agency that the action did not mean a cut in diplomatic ties. | Ms Museminali told Reuters news agency that the action did not mean a cut in diplomatic ties. |
| "It's not a permanent move ... we've called our ambassador in Berlin to come for consultations, and we've asked the German ambassador to leave until this matter is resolved," she told the agency. | "It's not a permanent move ... we've called our ambassador in Berlin to come for consultations, and we've asked the German ambassador to leave until this matter is resolved," she told the agency. |
| Earlier in the day, President Paul Kagame denounced Ms Kabuye's arrest as a violation of Rwandan sovereignty. President Paul Kagame said the arrest would affect international ties | Earlier in the day, President Paul Kagame denounced Ms Kabuye's arrest as a violation of Rwandan sovereignty. President Paul Kagame said the arrest would affect international ties |
| The Rwandan leader is in Frankfurt for a series of meetings with business leaders. Ms Kabuye was detained under a French arrest warrant when she arrived ahead of him to prepare for his visit. | The Rwandan leader is in Frankfurt for a series of meetings with business leaders. Ms Kabuye was detained under a French arrest warrant when she arrived ahead of him to prepare for his visit. |
| Mr Kagame, who visited his aide in prison, argued that she should not have been arrested because her trip was made in an official capacity. | Mr Kagame, who visited his aide in prison, argued that she should not have been arrested because her trip was made in an official capacity. |
| Her arrest had "some implications, foreseen or unforeseen, because in many ways it's a violation of the sovereignty of Rwanda", he told journalists. | Her arrest had "some implications, foreseen or unforeseen, because in many ways it's a violation of the sovereignty of Rwanda", he told journalists. |
| "We will see how we can challenge such actions, which in my view are simply a question of being arrogant and people being a law unto themselves." | "We will see how we can challenge such actions, which in my view are simply a question of being arrogant and people being a law unto themselves." |
| In a statement, the African Union expressed "dismay and concern" over Ms Kabuye's arrest, saying she should have been entitled to immunity as she was on official business. | In a statement, the African Union expressed "dismay and concern" over Ms Kabuye's arrest, saying she should have been entitled to immunity as she was on official business. |
| German authorities said that they had no choice but to arrest the aide under the international warrant, which was issued two years ago by a French judge. | German authorities said that they had no choice but to arrest the aide under the international warrant, which was issued two years ago by a French judge. |
| Ms Kabuye denies any role in Mr Habyarimana's death but is likely to be extradited to France soon, German officials and her lawyer say. | Ms Kabuye denies any role in Mr Habyarimana's death but is likely to be extradited to France soon, German officials and her lawyer say. |
| Extradition | Extradition |
| French legal authorities have been investigating Mr Habyarimana's death because his aircraft had a French crew. Mystery of Habyarimana deathHow the genocide happenedRwanda-France decades of tension | French legal authorities have been investigating Mr Habyarimana's death because his aircraft had a French crew. Mystery of Habyarimana deathHow the genocide happenedRwanda-France decades of tension |
| The arrest warrants led to an immediate break in diplomatic relations between Paris and Kigali, and tensions that have continued ever since. | The arrest warrants led to an immediate break in diplomatic relations between Paris and Kigali, and tensions that have continued ever since. |
| EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel told the BBC that he doubted the validity of the French report that led to her arrest and called on the French judiciary to try to establish the truth quickly. | EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel told the BBC that he doubted the validity of the French report that led to her arrest and called on the French judiciary to try to establish the truth quickly. |
| On Monday, thousands of people turned out in the Rwandan capital to protest against the arrest of Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), now Rwanda's ruling party. | On Monday, thousands of people turned out in the Rwandan capital to protest against the arrest of Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), now Rwanda's ruling party. |
| The plane carrying Mr Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down on 6 April 1994, at a time of uneasy peace between Mr Kagame's Tutsi rebels and the Kigali government. | The plane carrying Mr Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down on 6 April 1994, at a time of uneasy peace between Mr Kagame's Tutsi rebels and the Kigali government. |
| The radical Hutu government accused the RPF of carrying out the assassination. Within hours, militias set up roadblocks and started to systematically murder any Tutsis or moderate Hutus they could find. | The radical Hutu government accused the RPF of carrying out the assassination. Within hours, militias set up roadblocks and started to systematically murder any Tutsis or moderate Hutus they could find. |
| The RPF has always accused the Hutu extremists of shooting down the plane to provide a pretext for carrying out their genocidal plans. | The RPF has always accused the Hutu extremists of shooting down the plane to provide a pretext for carrying out their genocidal plans. |
| Some 800,000 people were slaughtered in just 100 days before Mr Kagame's forces ousted the Hutu government. Mr Kagame has long accused France of complicity in the genocide by arming Hutu militias. | Some 800,000 people were slaughtered in just 100 days before Mr Kagame's forces ousted the Hutu government. Mr Kagame has long accused France of complicity in the genocide by arming Hutu militias. |
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