Hotel Rwanda hero sparks outrage

TO MUCH of the outside world Paul Rusesabagina is a hero who saved 1,200 people from genocide in events depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda.

But as the genocide’s 13th anniversary approaches in Rwanda, a bitter row has erupted between Mr Rusesabagina and his critics, including President Paul Kagame, who say he is profiting from the victims’ misery and rewriting Rwanda’s history for his own gain.

Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were butchered in 100 days from April 6, 1994.