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UN-ICT - Niger Order on 8 Rwandans - 30 days extension

On December 27, 2021, the Niger government led by Mohamed Bazoum  announced that it was expelling 8 Rwandans that were recently acquitted or freed by the United Nations Organization International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) and sent to Niger. On December 31, 2021, AfroAmerica Network sources in Niamey, Niger that have been following the story, got a copy of an order from the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals TO THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER TO STAY THE EXPULSION ORDER OF RELOCATED PERSONS AND ORDER FOR SUBMISSIONS (see image). On January 3, 2022, President Mohamed Bazoum ordered the suspension  to expel the 8 Rwandans.

UN-ICT - Niger Order on 8 Rwandans

On December 27, 2021, the Niger government led by Mohamed Bazoum  announced that it was expelling 8 Rwandans that were recently acquitted or freed by the United Nations Organization International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) and sent to Niger. On December 31, 2021, AfroAmerica Network sources in Niamey, Niger that have been following the story, got a copy of an order from the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals TO THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER TO STAY THE EXPULSION ORDER OF RELOCATED PERSONS AND ORDER FOR SUBMISSIONS (see intro image). 

Rwanda President Paul Kagame received Paris, France by Emmanuel Macron, December 2021

On December 27, 2021, the  Niger government led by Mohamed Bazoum  announced that it was expelling 8 Rwandans from the Niger territory. The 8  Rwandans were recently acquitted or freed by the United Nations Organization International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) and sent to Niger,  following tens of years of controversial trials in Arusha, Tanzania. According to AfroAmerica Network sources within President Mohamed Bazoum entourage, the decision to break the agreement with the United Nations came, following a lenghty direct phone conversation among Niger President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey and French President Emmanuel Macron and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, from Paris on December 20 , 2021.