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Rwanda Confirms Being Targeted by South African Assassination Investigation

Today,  Tuesday July 6, 2010, Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, confirmed that South African Police arrested Captain Francis Gakwerere  and then released him and that South African Police investigation in the assassination attempt  on the exiled Rwandan General Kayumba Nyamwasa  is implicating the Rwandan Government and intelligence operatives.

Captain Francis Gakwerere was supposed to report back to the police but vanished, leaving behind his identification documents. The story of the arrest of Francis Gakwerere was first  disclosed by AfroAmerica Network  in June 21, 2010 article (click here: Rwandan RPA Officer Suspected in Assassination Attempt) and June 22, 2010 article (click here: General Kazura Allegedly Implicated in Assassination Attempt)  based on the sources in Rwanda and South Africa,  along with the implication of the Rwandan Military hierarchy and Rwandan Intelligence Operatives in the assassination plot. This was later confirmed by other news outlets and social media.

South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, through the Director  General of Foreign Affairs Ayanda Ntsaluba, implicated, on July 1, 2010, the “Intelligence Operatives” of the government of a “Foreign Country” in the failed assassination attempt against the exiled Rwandan General Kayumba Nyamwasa.

Sources close to both Rwandan Intelligence and South African Police had told AfroAmerica Network that the foreign country is “Rwanda.”

After so much denying, tough talking, and face saving statements, the Rwandan Government, through the tough talking Minister of Foreign Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo,  has filed a formal protest with the South African Government

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