Rwandan genocide convict Vincent Murekezi deportation case failed to take place on Wednesday at Lilongwe magistrates court because the police and vehicles were sent where President Peter Mutharika launched the tree planting season event. The magistrate Patrick Chirwa has since postponed the hearing to Friday. A police officer told Nyasa Times that the police did […]
Lilongwe Principal Magistrate Court has given the State five days to produce an authorised consent from the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security to give a permission of process to the court to proceed hearing the extraction application of Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi after rejecting an application by his lawyer Wapona Kita to […]
The State has served Lilongwe Principal Magistrate documents it has received from Rwandan government on Vincent Murekezi, a Rwandan who is claimed to be genocide suspect in Malawi custody amid an on-going court battle for his extradition. According to senior State advocate Steven Kayuni, the evidence will aid the State’s case in court asfailure to […]
The defence lawyer for Vincent Murekezi, a Rwandan genocide suspect in Malawi custody amid an on-going court battle for his extradition, has complained that the State has not furnished evidence of alleged crimes committed by his client. Lilongwe Magistrate Court gave the State 21 days to present eveidence against Murekezi, who is contesting an extradition […]
Mireille Twayigira was barely three years old when her father was killed in the genocide that riddled Rwanda and brought the country down to its knees in 1994. And, saddled on her mother’s back, together with her grandfather, uncle and a handful of relatives, they headed south in search of sanctuary, landing in the volatile […]
A high level Rwandan government delegation was in Malawi to find out the progress of efforts to repatriate a genocide suspect Vincen Murekezi. Malawi’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesperson Rejoice Chaponda confirmed the Zambia based Rwandan Ambassodor to Malawi and his delegation has met Malawian government officials led by Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Kasaila. […]
As the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Security was planning to meet and discuss the case of Rwandan genocide fugitive Vincent Murekezi following a petition by civil society, the petitioners have changed tune and withdrawn the petition. Some Malawians calling themselves Concerned Citizens told reporters on Thursday, led by their chairperson Phillip Kamangira, that they will […]
The petition that some concerned citizens delivered to Parliament on Rwandan genocide fugitive Vincent Murekezi has been referred back to Parliamentary Committees on Defence and Security and International Relations for further scrutiny and investigation before it can come back in the chamber for deliberation. A group calling itself Concerned Citizens petitioned Parliament to have Murekezi […]
Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court has adjourned for 21 days the case of Vincent Murekezi, a Rwandan genocide convict who faces extradition back to his home country to allow communication between Lilongwe and Kigali on removal process. Magistrate Patrick Chirwa made the ruling when Murekezi appeared before the court on Tuesday following his arrest last […]
A renowned business tycoon and preacher Bishop Abraham Simama has cursed Nyasa Times correspondent in Lilongwe, Mundango Nyirenda, over a report he filed that he is sacrificing over K50 million to protect the arrested Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi. The story claimed that the man of God was the one paying Murekezi’s house rentals in area 49 […]
Rwandese refugees linked to the 1994 genocide who fled their country and sought refuge in Malawi were meeting in up town suburb of Area 47 at Pasacar Bintangas house to strategize how they can help the arrested Vincent Murekezi, Nyasa Times can reveal. The Rwandese were discussing how they are going to help Murekezi who […]
Rwandan businessman Vincent Murekezi accused in his native country for participating in the 1994 genocide has been held in Malawi, Nyasa Times understands. Murekezi was arrested Thursday after Rwanda National Prosecution spokesman Nkusi Faustin confirmed that they have been asking Malawi for the extradition of Murekezi from 2009. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]
Rwanda has renewed its call for Malawi to extradite Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi who was convicted in his country for participating in the 1994 genocide. Murekezi was reportedly found guilty in Rwanda of crimes related to genocide and was given a life sentence by the courts, but escaped and has been hiding in Malawi. Rwanda […]
Now that concerned citizens have petitioned parliament over the extradition of the Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi, government should see the seriousness of the issue and act accordingly. Government risks suffering serious diplomatic repercussion with the Rwandan government and also damage its reputation in the eyes of the international community if it continues to keep […]
A group of people under the banner of Concerned Citizens on Wednesday delivered a petition parliament over Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi to be extradited after the National Prosecution Authority in Rwanda has confirmed that he is a genocide convict having duly tried by the country’s courts on crimes against humanity following the country’s brutal […]
Vincent Murekezi, one of the 1994 Rwandese key genocide suspects, who has been exposed to have acquired a Malawian passport and is now using the surname Banda, has been described by Malawian Minister of Home Affairs anf Internal Security, Grace Chiumia as”successful businessman” in the country. Chiumia said she knows Murekezi and that Malawi government does […]
Malawi government should probe Rwamdan national Vincent Murekezi whoacquired the Malawian passport number MA078171 in 2011 using the name Vincent M. Banda, a Malawian, born at Mbeya, Tanzania yet he is a genocide suspect wanted to face trial for his role in 1994 killings. Murekezi;s Rwandan passport indicates the birth place as Ngoma-Huye in Rwanda. […]
A wanted Rwandan genocide suspect, Vincent Murekezi has penetrated the Malawi government service delivery system where he is getting passports, citizenship and court orders in his favor by using rogue lawyers to tilt his legitimacy as a bonafide Malawian citizen, Nyasa Times can reveal. Murekezi has since confirmed his identity and his being named on […]