Congolese President Hints at Third Term; French Court Resumes Rwandan Genocide Probe
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi suggested he might accept a third term if the people desire it. Meanwhile, a French court has ordered the resumption of an investigation into alleged involvement of Rwanda's former president's widow in the 1994 genocide, and new abuse allegations surface from Burkina Faso.
In tonight's edition, Félix Tshisekedi says that he would accept a third term “if the people” want it, following a constitutional referendum. Also, a French court orders the resumption of an investigation into accusations that the widow of Rwanda's ex-president Juvenal Habyarimana was involved in the 1994 genocide. And new allegations of secret detentions and abuse are emerging from Burkina Faso, where authorities are accused of holding a prominent investigative journalist in a covert facility.