Africa: All of Africa Today – October 30, 2026

Rwandan Man Convicted in U.S. for Lying About 1994 Genocide Role

A Rwandan man, Eric Nshimiye, has been convicted in the United States of perjury and obstruction of justice after lying under oath about his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. A federal jury in Boston found that Nshimiye concealed his alleged participation in attacks against the Tutsi community while testifying in the 2019 immigration fraud trial of his former university classmate, Jean Leonard Teganya. Nshimiye fled…