Citation
Among the officials temporarily suspended by the Rwandan cabinet are the county administrator in Gisenyi, Joseph Habiyambere, his assistant Raphael Bikumbi and the assistant administrator in Ngororero, Ildephonse Rukabukirza, as well as several local mayors in spots hit with Hutu-Tutsi fighting.
Christophe Ndangali, a senior aide in the ministry of higher education, and Leon Mugesera, senior aide in the ministry of family and women's affairs.
Fighting in Rwanda, often leading to massacres, has periodically broken out between the Hutu and Tusi since Rwanda received independence from Beligum in 1962.
mgu/ns/dm
AFP AFP
SEQN-0214
