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| Rwanda ex-army chief shot in SA | Rwanda ex-army chief shot in SA |
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| Gen Nyamwasa has been living in exile in South Africa since February | Gen Nyamwasa has been living in exile in South Africa since February |
| The former chief of staff of the Rwandan army has been shot in South Africa and taken to a Johannesburg hospital in a critical condition. | The former chief of staff of the Rwandan army has been shot in South Africa and taken to a Johannesburg hospital in a critical condition. |
| Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, a critic of President Paul Kagame, fled from Kigali in February. | Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, a critic of President Paul Kagame, fled from Kigali in February. |
| His wife told the BBC the couple had been returning from shopping when a gunman opened fire on the car. | His wife told the BBC the couple had been returning from shopping when a gunman opened fire on the car. |
| She said she was certain it was an assassination attempt as there was no demand for money or goods. | |
| He is now undergoing surgery, she said. | He is now undergoing surgery, she said. |
| BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says Gen Nyamwasa was one of President Kagame's closest confidants, until they fell out. | BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says Gen Nyamwasa was one of President Kagame's closest confidants, until they fell out. |
| Since arriving in South Africa, the former army chief has accused the president of corruption, accusations the Rwandan authorities have denied. | |
| A couple of months after he went into exile, along with another top military officer, President Kagame reshuffled the military leadership ahead of elections due in August. | |
| At the time, two high-ranking officers were also suspended and arrested. | |
| The elections will be the second presidential polls held since the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. | |
| Gen Nyamwasa played an important role in the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which put a stop to the killing and which is now in power. | |
| A one-time rebel leader, President Kagame is viewed by many in the West as one of Africa's more dynamic leaders. | |
| But critics have raised concerns about his more authoritarian tendencies and the government has recently been accused of harassing the opposition ahead of the elections. |