{"id":644426,"date":"2019-05-23T18:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"
\"Callixte<\/div>

A rebel leader accused of orchestr"},"modified":"2019-05-23T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:41:34","slug":"rwandan-rebel-leader-callixte-nsabimana-pleads-guilty-to-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/23\/rwandan-rebel-leader-callixte-nsabimana-pleads-guilty-to-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Nsabimana pleads guilty to terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\"Callixte<\/div>\n

A rebel leader accused of orchestrating deadly attacks in Rwanda\u2019s border regions pleaded guilty Thursday to terrorism and other charges, and admitted to working with foreign governments against Kigali.<\/p>\n

The admission of conspiracy by Callixte Nsabimana, the spokesman for the National Liberation Front (FLN), risks further escalating tensions between Rwanda\u2019s President Paul Kagame and his immediate neighbours, whom he has accused of spying.<\/p>\n

Nsabimana was arrested last month for his involvement with FLN, an insurgent movement blamed for attacks inside Rwanda from a forested area near Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Nsabimana plead guilty to 16 charges including terrorism and murder, and offered an unconditional apology for his crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI apologise for all things I did,\u201d he told the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to declare that my work with FLN is over, and anything else they do from now on is their business, not mine. I would like to apologise to the president, those that we injured and the families of those who died. I apologise to all Rwandans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
Get more stories like this on Twitter<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n