Félicien Kabuga, alleged financier of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, had a "
substantial
" role in the ethnic massacre of the Tutsi minority, the prosecution said Thursday, September 29 at the opening of his trial in The Hague.
“
28 years after the events, this trial aims to hold Félicien Kabuga to account for his substantial and intentional role in this genocide
,” prosecutor Rashid S. Rashid told a United Nations court.