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List of events
The following lists events that happened during
2009
in
Rwanda
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Events
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January
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July
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August
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- August 6 - The Presidents of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda,
Joseph Kabila
and
Paul Kagame
, pledge to boost economic and security ties after a rare meeting.
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- August 12 -
Gregoire Ndahimana
, a Rwandan fugitive accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, is arrested by a joint Rwandan-Congolese military operation.
[6]
September
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- September 18 - Michel Bagaragaza, former head of Rwanda's tea industry, pleads guilty to complicity in the 1994 genocide, altering his original not guilty plea.
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- September 20 - The Democratic Republic of Congo transfers Gregoire Ndahimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to stand trial for the massacre of at least 2,000 Rwandan Tutsis during the
1994 genocide
.
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- September 28 - Gregoire Ndahimana, a former mayor accused of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, pleads not guilty at a United Nations tribunal.
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October
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- October 6 - One of the most wanted suspects involved in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide,
Idelphonse Nizeyimana
, is arrested in the
Ugandan
capital
Kampala
.
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- October 18 - A Rwandan doctor working in a French hospital is suspended after a nurse locates an Internet Interpol arrest warrant, accusing him of a 1994 "genocide, war crimes".
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- October 29 - Rwandan man Desire Munyaneza is given a life sentence in
Canada
for his role in the Rwandan genocide under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
[12]
November
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- November 29 - Rwanda is admitted under the Edinburgh criteria as the second member of the Commonwealth of Nations without any historical ties to the
United Kingdom
.
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December
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- December 4 - Three Rwandan soldiers are killed while on a peacekeeping mission in
Darfur
,
Sudan
.
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