French court jails Laurent Bucyibaruta for 20 years over genocide
This court-sketch made on May 9, 2022, shows former senior Rwandan official Laurent Bucyibaruta during his trial for genocide. - Laurent Bucyibaruta went on trial in Paris on May 9, accused of complicity in the African nation's genocide, the most high-ranking figure yet to face justice in France over the 1994 massacres. Photo | AFP
What you need to know:
Laurent Bucyibaruta is the highest-ranking Rwandan to have faced trial in France over the 1994 massacres in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in 100 days of mass killings.
