A defining week for Rwanda

Rwandans are eagerly awaiting two major events this week. First is a report of a French investigation into the cause of the April 6, 1994 shooting of the Falcon 50 jet that killed the then Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart, Cyprien Ntaryamira. The inquiry was launched by Judge Mark Trevidic after the disgraceful report by his predecessor, Jean Bruguiere, which blamed the RPF for the attack and effectively indicted nine top Rwandan government and military officials. It is hard to predict the likely outcome of the inquiry. The Rwandan government has been cautious not to predict what might come out of yet another French inquiry – since Bruguiere’s own investigation proved that judicial proceedings in the West are highly susceptible to political manipulation after all.
u00a0James Munyaneza
u00a0James Munyaneza
Times Reporter