Article 5GAY6 Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwanda genocide suspect

Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwanda genocide suspect

by
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#5GAY6)

Protais Mpiranya is top of a list of remaining fugitives indicted by an international tribunal

United Nations investigators tracking one of the most notorious killers in the Rwandan genocide believe he is hiding in Zimbabwe and are launching a new effort to convince authorities in Harare to allow the 60-year-old fugitive to face trial.

Protais Mpiranya, the former commander of the presidential guard of the Rwandan army, has been on the run for 27 years charged with war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

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