No reports of a Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) basketball team that was excluded from military activities between 1991 and 1997 could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1991-1998. Vols. 28-35. Nos. 1-12.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995-1997. 1996-1998. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Press.

The Indian Ocean Newsletter [Paris]. Weekly. July 1994-April 1999.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. July 1994-January 1999. Monthly. Vols. 41-45.

Electronic sources: IRB databases, Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, World Network Connection (WNC)

One oral source consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.