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France drops genocide probe against widow of former Rwandan president Habyarimana

Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of Rwandan President whose killing sparked the 1994 genocide, at the courthouse in Paris, on 30 April 2014. AFP - BERTRAND GUAY

French judicial authorities have closed the investigation against the widow of Rwanda's former president Juvenal Habyarimana into claims she played a role in the country's 1994 genocide, without pressing any charges against her, several sources close to the case told French news agency AFP.

Agathe Habyarimana, 82, who has been living in France since 1998 and whose extradition has been repeatedly requested by Kigali, will not face trial by a French court at this stage, the sources said, asking not to be named.

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