| Rwandan High Commissioner Ernest Rwamucyo<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Still, it seems bizarre. The RNC has been busy courting the Hutu diaspora opposition – with some success – but is no apparent challenge to the Rwandan government, given their inability to campaign inside the country. This activism in Europe – as well as their alleged links to some armed groups in the eastern Congo – is probably more aimed at convincing leading RPF members and officers in Rwanda that they are well-organized and popular, rather than at posing an electoral or military threat to the RPF ruling party. But an attempted assassination in London would – to my eyes at least – just signal desperation on the part of the RPF, not strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Rwandan government has been associated with assassinations in the past, including of former interior minister Seth Sendashonga in Nairobi in 1998, former vice-president of the supreme court Augustin Cyiza in 2003, as well as an attempt on former army chief of staff Faustin Kayumba in South Africa last year.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The British police informed two members of the Rwandan diaspora that their government may be trying to assassinate them, according to documents seen by various newspapers. The police visited Jonathan…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t |