2007 in Rwanda
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The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Rwanda.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]June
[edit]- June 18 - Rwanda and Burundi join the East African Community in a meeting in Kampala, Uganda.[1]
July
[edit]- July 21 - Two Rwandan men wanted for their role in the 1994 genocide are arrested in France.[2]
- July 27 - Rwanda abolishes capital punishment.[3]
August
[edit]- August 15 - Charles Murigande, the foreign minister of Rwanda, criticizes the Democratic Republic of Congo for stopping military operations against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.[4]
November
[edit]- November 16 - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentences Juvénal Rugambarara, the former mayor of Bicumbi, to 11 years in jail for crimes he committed during the Rwandan Genocide.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "East Africa trade bloc expanded". 18 June 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Two held over Rwandan massacres". 21 July 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Rwanda abolishes death penalty". 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Rwanda anger at Congo rebel move". 15 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Prison term for ex-Rwandan mayor". 16 November 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2015.