Théogène Turatsinze (born "in the northern part" of

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

c. 1970,"Hundreds bid farewell to Turatsinze"
, '' The New Times'', 26 October 2012 murdered between 11 and 15 October 2012 in

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"Rwanda demands inquiry into Turatsinze’s death"
''Kenya Daily Eye'', 18 October 2012) was a

n businessman. After undergraduate studies in his home country, he moved to Mozambique, "where he worked for several years", then completed his studies with a master's degree in

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at the

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. He returned to Rwanda, and became the Managing Director of the

Rwanda Development Bank Development Bank of Rwanda, commonly referred to by its French name Banque Rwandaise de Développement (BRD), is a development bank in Rwanda. It is one of the banks licensed by the National Bank of Rwanda, the national banking regulator. Overvi ...

(BRD) in 2005. He was dismissed from that position in 2007."Murder of Rwandan banker: Police admit no progress"
, ''The Zimbabwean'', 19 October 2012 He moved once more to Mozambique, where he served as deputy rector of the São Tomãs de Moçambique Catholic University until his death."Top Rwandan banker murdered in Mozambique"

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, 18 October 2012 He went missing on 11 or 12 October 2012, in

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. His body was found on the 15th, tied up and "floating in the sea". Police in Mozambique "initially indicated Rwandan government involvement in the killing", then retracted the accusation."2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Rwanda"

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Turatsinze was thought to have "had access to politically sensitive financial information related to certain Rwandan government insiders", relating to the funds of the Development Bank. His murder, which remains unsolved, was described as part of a "history of mysterious deaths" of opponents or perceived opponents of the

Paul Kagame Paul Kagame ( ; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the President of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded ...

government in Rwanda. The newspaper ''The Zimbabwean'' related it to the deaths of Seth Sendashonga (a high-level political opponent murdered in Kenya in 1998), Jean-Léonard Rugambage (a reporter murdered in Kigali in 2010), and Charles Ingabire (a reporter murdered in Uganda in 2011); it also mentioned

Kayumba Nyamwasa Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa (born 1958) is a Rwandan former Lieutenant general who formerly was the Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army from 1998 to 2002. He was also head of Rwandan intelligence from 1998 to 2002 and served as Rwanda's ambassador to ...

, a former member of Rwandan Intelligence who survived an assassination attempt in 2010. Similarly, the UK's

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linked Turatsinze's deaths to those mentioned, as well as to that of politician André Kagwa Rwisereka, murdered in 2010, noting the "allegations of Rwandan government involvement"."Rwanda timeline: Descent into tyranny"
Channel 4 News, 25 November 2012

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