2008 in Rwanda

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Other events of 2008
List of years in Rwanda

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Rwanda.

Events

August

August 5 - Rwanda formally accuses senior French officials, including former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and late President François Mitterrand, of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and calls for them to be put on trial.^[1]

September

September 17 - Rwanda becomes the first nation where women outnumber men in parliament.^[2]

October

October 9 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of sending troops across the border, threatening the city of Goma.^[3]

December

December 18 - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences him to life imprisonment.^[4]

References

↑ "Rwanda accuses France directly over '94 genocide". 5 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "Women to rule Rwanda parliament". 17 September 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "DR Congo rebels capture army base". 9 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "U.N. court convicts Bagosora for Rwanda genocide". 18 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

Years in Rwanda (1962–present)

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2008 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)