A United Nations tribunal has ruled that a man alleged to be one of the main financiers of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is fit to stand trial in The Hague, where he is currently detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F\u00e9licien Kabuga is accused of funding and arming the Hutu militias who slaughtered some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His lawyers had previously sought to halt proceedings against the 87-year-old on health grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Kabuga had been on the run for 26 years until his arrest in 2020 in Paris, where he had been living under a false identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He denies all the charges against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1997 he was indicted by the International Criminal Court for Rwanda on seven counts including genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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