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Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda," appears at court in Kigali after admitting to helping form an armed group but denying any role in its crimes. Rusesabagina is famous for his depiction by Don Cheadle in the 2004 film "Hotel Rwanda" in which a moderate Hutu is shown as saving hundreds of lives at a luxury hotel during the 1994 genocide, which left some 800,000, mostly Tutsi, dead. IMAGES
In tonight's edition: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is given a two month suspended sentence in his libel trial. Kenya sees a third day of opposition and anti-inflation protests; And finally Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina is in the United States after being released from prison.
Rwanda's Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 25-year prison term against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina on terrorism charges, rejecting a prosecution appeal to increase the penalty to life. FRANCE 24's Simon Wohlfahrt reports from Rwanda.
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrives at a Kyiv court. Prosecutors are appealing against a bail decision freeing the ex-Ukrainian president, who is accused of treason. Poroshenko's lawyers are expected to call for his passport to be returned, which was withheld by the court to prevent him from leaving the country. IMAGES
A Rwandan court on Monday found Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide, guilty of being part of a group responsible for terrorist attacks. FRANCE 24's Maria Gerth-Niculescu tells us more.
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