Faustin kayumba nyamwasa biography of nancy grace

He was also head of Rwandan intelligence from to [ 1 ] and served as Rwanda's ambassador to India between and Nyamwasa has been an opposition leader in exile since as part of the Rwanda National Congress. He was educated at St. He later earned a law degree in Makerere University. With Paul Kagame , [ 2 ] he contributed to the creation of the Rwandan Patriotic Front RPF in the late s and was considered a central figure in the military during the RPF campaign and the post genocidal period, when he oversaw anti-insurgency campaigns in the country's north-west.

Nyamwasa may have been falling out with Kagame as early as Nyamwasa was made Rwandan ambassador to India in , possibly in an attempt by Kagame to keep a political rival far away from the country. The Rwandan government later stated that he may have been working with Colonel Patrick Karegeya , another former intelligence head who was living in exile in South Africa.

Whoever it is, it is a matter of time.

General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa,

Kazura was recalled and placed under arrest, although an army spokesman said this was purely because he had failed to obtain permission to travel. Nyamwasa was shot in the stomach in Johannesburg , South Africa on 19 June Kayumba was recorded to have said that Kagame wants him dead because he challenges his dictatorial views. Al-Jazeera reported that "Rosette said they were in the parking lot of their home and a man came to the side of the car with a pistol and shot at her husband who managed to get out of the car and then there was a scuffle.

The driver of the car then chased the assailant away. Four men were convicted for the attempt on Nyamwasa's life. Nyamwasa is accused by Rwandan authorities of involvement in acts of terrorism, including three grenade attacks in Kigali on 19 February , [ 9 ] but was not arrested in South Africa due to a lack of evidence and extradition treaties between the two countries.

In , the Military High Court in Kigali condemned him and other RNC founders for terrorist acts, threat to state security and public order.