Rwandan genocide suspect arrested

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Source: BBC

The UN-backed International Tribunal on Rwanda is to seek the extradition of a prominent Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in Germany this week.

The man, Augustin Ngirabatware, was Rwanda's planning minister in 1994 when an estimated 800,000 people were killed within a few weeks.

He is accused of providing weapons for ethnic Hutu militiamen.

Mr Ngirabatware was one of 18 people named by the International Tribunal as war criminals who are still at large.

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1. The man responsible for all those machetes suddenly showing up?

I remember the scene in "Hotel Rwanda", when the tarp slipped off...

What I want to know is who was responsible for all the on-air, 'cockroach'-obsessed, radio programming? Rwanda's very own answer to 'Excitement In Broadcasting'?

...Actually, if anyone has good recommendations for web sites, I'd be interested in finding out about good sources of reporting, news and commentary on Africa, in general. I had a cab ride yesterday, from a Nigerian brother. When I asked him where he was from, I did know enough to use the words, "Delta", and "Chevron", to frame a question. And he turned out to be a veteran of the Biafran army. He said what's going on in Nigeria now is pretty much the same thing that was happening back when, in the late 70's. (That old colonial song-and-dance, divide the people to control the land and resources.)