UK dismisses Rwanda spy chief case

The Rwandan government has called the UK arrest of their intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is wanted in Spain for war crimes, "an outrage".

A French court jails former Rwandan spy chief Pascal Simbikangwa for 25 years for complicity in the 1994 genocide.

The Rwandan spy chief arrested in the UK over alleged war crimes came to London to meet the head of MI6, sources have told BBC Newsnight.

Demonstrators gather outside the British High Commission in Rwanda to protest at the arrest of intelligence chief Karenzi Karake in London.

“This was a legal obligation, following the issue of a valid European Arrest Warrant” British High Commission in Kigali     

The Rwandan government has branded the arrest of its intelligence chief Karenzi Karake as "an outrage".Gen Karake, 54, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, accused of ordering massacres in the wake of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
He was arrested by Met police officers under the European Arrest Warrant on behalf of the Spanish authorities.Williams Nkurunziza, Rwanda's High Commissioner to the UK, said it was "an insult to our collective conscience".Prime Minister David Cameron's official...

Spain revokes arrest warrants for 40 Rwandans for revenge killings after the 1994 genocide, following changes to its universal jurisdiction laws.

Rwanda's intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is wanted in Spain for war crimes, has been arrested in London, BBC Newsnight has learned.

The dismissal of Algeria's secretive head of intelligence, Mohamed Mediene, is one of the biggest political shake-ups in the North African country's recent memory, writes the BBC's Rana Jawad.