A series of top-level political resignations has prompted several prominent Rwandan figures to go into exile, leaving the country deeply divided. The situation is getting out of control. On March 6, Assiel Kabera, an advisor in the office of the president, was killed in Kigali.
Authorities have yet to identify the culprits.
Many Tutsis who survived the genocide saw this killing as a danger signal and have left the country as a result, ahead of the appointment of a successor for President Pasteur Bizimungu. Several independent journalists who exposed the excesses of government figures have also fled. In the army, the number of desertions has increased, even among the officer corps. Innocent Byaba who used to work for the foreign intelligence service, and sub-lieutenant Bertin Murera, also an intelligence officer. Have your say Mail the editor Byaba and Bertin are currently in jail for their desertion.