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| Germany has extradited a senior Rwandan presidential aide to France, where she faces questioning over the killing of Rwanda's former president. | Germany has extradited a senior Rwandan presidential aide to France, where she faces questioning over the killing of Rwanda's former president. |
| Rose Kabuye was detained in Frankfurt last week on French-issued warrant. | Rose Kabuye was detained in Frankfurt last week on French-issued warrant. |
| She is one of nine officials accused of involvement in the shooting down of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane in 1994, which triggered the country's genocide. | |
| Ms Kabuye has denied any involvement and her arrest has led to protests in Rwanda, where she is a popular figure. | Ms Kabuye has denied any involvement and her arrest has led to protests in Rwanda, where she is a popular figure. |
| Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminali, has described the arrest of Ms Kabuye as "illegal and flawed". | |
| She told the BBC on Monday that the arrest had been "based on politically motivated information". | |
| Correspondents say Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), now Rwanda's ruling party, has heroic status in Rwanda. | |
| She has served as an MP and mayor of the capital Kigali, and is one of President Paul Kagame's closest aides. |