What is Ignace Murwanashyaka?
[[File:Ignace Murwanashyaka 2.jpg|thumb|Ignace Murwanashyaka]] '''Ignace Murwanashyaka''' (14 May 1963 – 16 April 2019) was a [[Rwanda]]n rebel leader. He was born in [[Butare]]. He was a [[wikt:founder|founding]] member of the [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda]] (FDLR). It was formed in 2000 and is an [[Ethnic group|ethnic]] [[Hutu]] rebel group. Many of the FDLR members had a part in the [[Rwandan genocide]] towards the [[Tutsi]] people. The FDLR is active in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and is said to have carried out [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]]. Murwanashyaka lived in [[Germany]]. He was [[arrest]]ed in November 2009. In September 2015, he was sentenced to 13 years in [[prison]]. On 16 April 2019, Murwanashyaka died after bout of ill health in [[Mannheim]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany. He was 55.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/927335/former-rwandan-rebel-leader-accused-of-war-crimes-dies-in-ge.html|title=Former Rwandan rebel leader accused of war crimes dies in Germany|work=Modern Ghana|date=18 April 2019|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Murwanashyaka, Ignace}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Rwandan politicians]] [[Category:War criminals]] {{Bio-stub}}