Félicien Kabuga

Life & Legacy

Félicien Kabuga (1 March 1933 – 16 May 2026) was a Rwandan businessman and génocidaire who played a major role financing the Rwandan genocide. A multimillionaire, he was closely connected to both President Juvénal Habyarimana's Hutu Supremacist party, the MRND, and the Akazu, an informal group of Hutu extremists who helped lead the Rwandan genocide.
Kabuga is noted for his role as the primary financier of Hutu extremist media outlets, such as the RTLM radio station and Kangura magazine, which advocated for the killing of the Tutsi ethnic minority.
In 2020, Kabuga was arrested by the French police in Greater Paris at the age of 87, after spending 26 years as a fugitive. He was held at the IRMCT branch in The Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity, but was declared unfit to stand trial in 2023 due to dementia. There was no agreement on where he should go, leading to his death in custody in 2026 at the age of 93.