Former Rwandan president sentenced to 15 years

Pasteur Bizimungu , former President of Rwanda, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for embezzlement, inciting violence and associating with criminals, but was cleared on a separate charge of threatening state security.  Human rights groups have called the evidence against Bizimungu and his co-defendants questionable and said that the charges were politically motivated.  BBC News has more . [more]