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Former minister arrested in France

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    Former Rwandan Minister for Further Education, Research and Culture Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda has been arrested in France in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Carla del Ponte told journalists on Monday evening that a "former high-level politician" had been arrested in France and would be transferred to the ICTR prison in Arusha, Tanzania in the next few days, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported. Kamuhanda was arrested at dawn on Friday 26 November, in the French town of Bourges, the agency added. Kamuhanda, who was part of the Rwandan interim government that presided over the 1994 genocide, will be the eleventh member of the former interim government held in ICTR custody, excluding former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda who was sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide after pleading guilty, Hirondelle reported.

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