Blinken raises concerns over Hotel Rwanda dissident trial with Kagame
by Jason Burke Africa correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#62CZ7)
US secretary of state on last stop of African tour has been clear about US misgivings related to Paul Rusesabagina's conviction
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has raised US concerns about the trial of the jailed dissident Paul Rusesabagina with Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, and other senior Rwandan officials during a visit to the capital Kigali.
Blinken is in Kigali on the last stop of a tour of sub-Saharan Africa that aims to regain the diplomatic initiative across a continent that received little attention under the Trump administration.
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