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Sore loser! Rwandans react to outgoing Francophonie boss' post on Rwigara

Canadian Michaëlle Jean (left) and Rwandan minister Louise Mushikiwabo in Yerevan, Armenia on October 9, 2018. The two were contenders for the post of the secretary general of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), which Ms Mushikiwabo won. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  EDMUND KAGIRE

Rwandans, including senior government officials, did not take lightly comments made by outgoing Canadian la Francophonie secretary-general, Michaëlle Jean, about the trial of Diane Rwigara, a prominent President Paul Kagame critic.

Ms Jean last month lost her second term re-election bid for the post at the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), the French-speaking countries bloc, to Rwanda's Louise Mushikiwabo.

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