Rwanda: U.S. Extradites Woman Convicted Over Genocide

US officials extradited a Rwandan woman convicted in absentia by a court in her country for her role in the 1994 genocide, an official said Thursday.

Marie-Claire Mukeshimana was brought to Kigali late on Wednesday. She was sentenced in 2009 to 19 years in prison for complicity in the killing of several children who had sought refuge at a convent in southern Rwanda.

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