Abstract
- Rwanda: Kigali, the capital, is encircled by RPF rebels this evening, according to French military personnel on the ground.
- France is proposing the creation of a humanitarian security zone in the southwest of the country.
- And this morning, shells landed on the Kigali market. That is the lead story in today's news.
- As usual, it was market day in Kigali this morning. As usual, weapons spewed fire and bloodshed. As usual, it was civilians who paid with their lives: 16 dead and 20 seriously injured. That is the toll following the firing of three mortar shells by Tutsi rebel forces into the heart of the capital.