Editor's note

Three Rwandans convicted of genocide have enraged the country’s citizens and government alike by approaching the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals to request that they be released. Jennifer Trahan explains who the prisoners are and how the process may unfold.

And, staying in Rwanda, Jonathan Beloff explores why the country is campaigning to take the lead at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, the world’s largest bloc of French-speaking nations. It seems a strange move given the Rwandan government’s antipathy towards France and the French language.

Moina Spooner

Commissioning Editor: East Africa

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Unpacking the request for early release by three Rwanda genocide prisoners

Jennifer Trahan, New York University

The Rwanda Tribunal convicted people for indescribably horrific crimes and some are asking for early release.

Rwanda wants to be a Francophone leader – even though it distrusts France

Jonathan R. Beloff, SOAS, University of London

After the 1994 genocide, Rwanda pivoted towards the Anglophone world. But not entirely.

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