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US extradites genocide convict to Rwanda

The United States has extradited a Rwandan convicted in absentia for her role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

In 2009, she was sentenced for 19 years, the complicity in the murder of several children.

The woman, Marie-Claire Mukeshimana, was extradited to Kigali on Wednesday.

Rwanda's chief prosecutor, Martin Ngoga said,

"But we have a number of more identified persons who stand accused of genocide committed in the most brutal manner and claiming so many lives, who remain on US territory,"

"We have a strong feeling that action against them is very slow.

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