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Rwandan singer Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa dies at 83

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Rwandan singer Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa, known for her songs linked to liberation and commemorating the genocide, died on 16 October at the age of 83. She succumbed to an illness, according to the Rwandan daily New Times.

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