Muvumba
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Coordinates | 1 ° 21 ′ S , 30 ° 10 ′ E | |
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Country | Rwanda | |
Eastern Province | ||
ISO 3166-2 | RW-02 | |
height | 1527 m |
Muvumba is a city in the Eastern Province of Rwanda on the border with Uganda . It is 1527 meters above sea level.
history
During the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was Onesphore Rwabukombe mayor of Muvumba. Rwabukombe, who had lived in Germany with his family for a number of years, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court in December 2015 for his significant involvement in it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Kraft: Nobody should stay alive. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . January 18, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011 .
- ↑ Andreas Kraft: Under corpses. In: the daily newspaper. October 5, 2011, accessed October 6, 2011 .
- ↑ www.sueddeutsche.de: Rwandans found guilty of genocide . December 29, 2015.