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RWANDA’S government reacted angrily yesterday to a British embassy announcement that a senior general had been arrested in London.
The embassy in Kigali said that Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, who is the head of Rwanda’s national intelligence and security service, had been detained on Saturday following an extradition request from Spain.
Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said on Twitter: “Western solidarity in demeaning Africans is unacceptable,” adding that the arrest was “an outrage.”
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
ROGER McKENZIE shines a light on conflicts in Sudan and Nigeria, where Western powers are intent on laying claim to valuable resources necessary for market dominance
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
