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A military court in Rwanda has sentenced four former top officials who have fallen out with the government to long prison terms.<\/p>\n

The men, all in exile, were found guilty of threatening state security and propagating ethnic divisions.
\nLt Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, who survived an assassination attempt in June, and Maj Theogene Rudasingwa got 24 years and will lose their army rank.
\nPatrick Karegeya and Gerald Gahima received a sentence of 20 years each.
\nThe guilty verdict means Rwanda’s government could seek the extradition of the men who are currently in exile in either the US or South Africa.
\nHowever correspondents say it is unlikely that either country would readily agree to such a request.
\nRwanda denies any links to the June 2010 shooting of Lt Gen Nyamwasa in Johannesburg.
\nThe Rwandan government believes Lt Gen Nyamwasa was linked to grenade attacks in Kigali earlier last year and has previously tried to secure his extradition.
\nLike the other men Lt Gen Nyamwasa was once a close ally of Rwandan President Paul Kagame – and has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n

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FAUSTIN KAYUMBA NYAMWASA<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • 1994: Helped bring Paul Kagame to power and end genocide<\/li>\n
  • 1998: Appointed army chief of staff<\/li>\n
  • 2006: French judge accuses him of shooting down plane of Rwanda’s ex-President Habyarimana in 1994<\/li>\n
  • 2008: Spain accuses him of links to death of Spanish nuns<\/li>\n
  • Feb 2010: Leaves post as ambassador to India, flees to South Africa<\/li>\n
  • Accused of links to grenade attacks in Kigali<\/li>\n
  • June 2010: Shot in Johannesburg<\/li>\n
  • January 2011: Sentenced to 24 years by a military court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    Mr Gahima was Rwanda’s prosecutor general, Mr Karegeya was director of external intelligence in Rwanda’s military, while Maj Rudasingwa was the top official in the president’s office.<\/p>\n

    The BBC’s Geoffrey Mutagoma in the capital, Kigali, says the men were also found guilty of creating a group of criminals; defaming a head of state and disrupting the freedom of the government.
    \nMr Kagame led the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel movement which put a stop to the 1994 genocide – and has been president since 2000.
    \nThe president, who was overwhelmingly re-elected for a second term with 93% of the vote last August, is viewed by many in the West as one of Africa’s more dynamic leaders.
    \nHowever, critics have raised concerns about his more authoritarian tendencies and the government was accused of harassing the opposition ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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