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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A senior official with Rwanda’s volleyball federation has been arrested over forgery two days after the country’s women volleyball team was disqualified from a Confederation of African Volleyball tournament that Rwanda was hosting.<\/p>\n

Jean de Dieu Bagirishya, the Second Vice President of Rwanda Volleyball Federation in charge of Operations, was arrested following an investigation in relation with the suspension of the national volleyball team from CAVB tournament, RIB spokesperson said Monday evening.<\/p>\n

“He is suspected to have used forged documents in exercising his functions,” he said without offering details. He added, “Investigations continue to establish the role of other federation members.”<\/p>\n

Rwanda’s women volleyball side was disqualified from the tournament by the world volleyball governing body over fielding ineligible players. The tournament concluded Sunday with Cameroon winning its second successive title, beating Kenya in their latest success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. A senior official with Rwanda’s volleyball federation has been arrested over forgery two days after the country’s women volleyball team was disqualified from a Confederation of African Volleyball tournament that Rwanda was hosting. Jean de Dieu Bagirishya, the Second Vice President of Rwanda Volleyball Federation in charge of Operations, was arrested following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,18],"tags":[760,763,1480,1479,758],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-disqualification","tag-rib","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nRIB arrests top volleyball official after Rwanda CAVB disqualification - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A senior official with Rwanda's volleyball federation has been arrested over forgery two days after the country's women ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RIB arrests top volleyball official after Rwanda CAVB disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A senior official with Rwanda's volleyball federation has been arrested over forgery two days after the country's women ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T15:15:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/img-6149f6e93f328.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"847\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"491\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"RIB arrests top volleyball official after Rwanda CAVB disqualification\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-21T14:57:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-21T15:15:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/img-6149f6e93f328.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"disqualification\",\"RIB\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rib-arrests-top-volleyball-official-after-rwanda-cavb-disqualification\",\"name\":\"RIB arrests top volleyball official after Rwanda CAVB disqualification - 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