{"id":14980,"date":"2025-11-11T06:27:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T04:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/rwanda-names-exiled-army-general-most-wanted-over-terror-financing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:22","slug":"rwanda-names-exiled-army-general-most-wanted-over-terror-financing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rwanda-names-exiled-army-general-most-wanted-over-terror-financing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda names exiled Army General most-wanted over terror financing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda has named former Army General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, who is based in South Africa (SA), on its most-wanted list, accusing him of financing terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rwandan authorities claim Nyamwasa, who has lived in exile for over a decade, has been involved in providing financial and logistical support to groups deemed a threat to the country\u2019s security.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nyamwasa, once a close ally of President Paul Kagame, left Rwanda in 2010 following a reported falling out with the government. He later co-founded the Rwanda National Congress, an opposition organisation operating abroad, which Kigali has accused of engaging in subversive activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Officials say placing Nyamwasa on the most-wanted list is part of broader efforts to combat terrorism financing and hold individuals accountable for actions targeting the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA authorities have not issued a comment on the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14981,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-14980","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Rwanda has named former Army General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa on its most-wanted list","published_date":"2025-11-11 08:25:08","news_description":"Rwanda has named former Army General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa on its most-wanted list","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19410,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14980\/revisions\/19410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}