Rwanda: Kanyarengwe Dead

14 November 2006

Kigali — The former chairman of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), Alexis Kanyarengwe, is dead. According to the RPF Secretary General, Francois Ngarambe, Kanyarengwe died on Monday morning, just a few minutes past midnight. "It is true. Kanyarengwe is dead," Ngarambe said on phone yesterday.

Kanyarengwe was born in 1938. He disclosed that the political veteran died at his home in Kiyovu, a Kigali suburb. Asked about the cause of his death, Ngarambe said the deceased was gripped by an abrupt paralysing ailment.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.