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Hague trial of alleged moneyman of Rwandan 1994 genocide

By France24
15 October 2022   |   4:24 pm
As one of the alleged last masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in the Hague, survivors of the mass killings speak of their memories of the brutality that Felicien Kabuga is accused of having bankrolled.

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