RWANDA-POLITICS-WOMEN-AGATHE-HABYARIMANA-FILES

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SOFIA BOUDERBALA (FILES) -- A file photo taken on April 14, 1977 shows Agathe Habyarimana, wife of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, during an official meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Dark angel or faithful crutch, the African Presidents' wives, from Leila Ben Ali to Simone Gbagbo, play a major role in their countries' politics, most of the time in the shadow of their husbands. AFP PHOTO / FILES / STF