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Fulgence Kayishema's arrest and thawing Kigali-Pretoria relations

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Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, sits in a magistrate court in Cape Town, South Africa on May 26, 2023. PHOTO | RODGER BOSCH | AFP

By  BERNA NAMATA

Fulgence Kayishema, one of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives arrested in Paarl, South Africa, is expected to be extradited to Rwanda.

Kayishema was arrested in a joint operation between the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) Office of the Prosecutor Fugitive Tracking Team and South African authorities on Wednesday. He was arraigned on Friday in Cape Town.

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