by JOHN CHERIAN
THE assassination attempt on the former army chief of Rwanda, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, who was until recently the country’s envoy to India, has brought into international focus again the authoritarian rule of President Paul Kagame. Nyamwasa, who was granted political asylum in South Africa in February after his dramatic escape from Rwanda, was shot by a lone gunman outside his residence in a posh Johannesburg suburb in the last week of June. At the time of writing this report, his condition remained critical, though doctors have said his chances of survival are high.
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