Ex Kagame Guard Commander Tom Byabagamba Dies in Rwandan Prison After 12 Years

Former Rwanda Defence Force officer Colonel Tom Byabagamba, who once commanded President Paul Kagame’s elite Republican Guard, has died in prison after 12 years in detention, his family announced on Tuesday. Byabagamba’s elder brother, David Himbara, a former economic adviser to Kagame who later became a prominent critic of the Rwandan government, announced the death …