These disputes risk embroiling not only the army, but also Russia, the traditional colonial master.
Frequently the country in question is formerly a colonial master, even if the political chain was broken a considerable time before.
The trial is held in Belgium, Rwanda's former colonial master, because the four accused had come to live here.
The British government was expecting their role as the colonial master to end very soon and did not wish to leave behind grim memories.
The trial also carries great political significance for Belgium, Rwanda's former colonial master.
What started as an elitist political movement against their colonial master, finally ended as a full-fledged civil war.
France has been its colonial master for many decades.
In Asia nationalism is still seen positively, linked with independence from colonial masters and healthy economic competition.
They believed that he would drive out their colonial masters and re-establish their traditional ways.
Its primary experience with nonwhites had been as their colonial master in the vast British empire.