Bank of France hit with legal complaint Over alleged role in Rwanda genocide

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Bank of France hit with legal complaint Over alleged role in Rwanda genocide  The case opens a new chapter in ongoing efforts to clarify France’s role during the genocide. A judicial investigation is expected to determine whether the central bank failed in its duty of oversight and whether these transfers contributed to enabling crimes committed during one of the 20th century  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/12/bank-of-france-hit-with-legal-complaint-over-alleged-role-in-rwanda-genocide  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01The Bank of France is facing a formal legal complaint accusing it of involvement in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

00:11The complaint was filed December 4 before the Paris Judicial Courts Unit dedicated to crimes against humanity.

00:19According to the civil plaintiff, including the Collective of Civil Parties for Rwanda,

00:24the Bank of France allegedly allowed seven financial transfers to the National Bank of Rwanda between May and August 1994 at the height of the genocide.

00:34The payment to shilling the equivalent of 486,000 euros today reportedly continued even after the UN imposed an arms embargo on May 17, 1994.

00:45The plaintiff argued that these transactions may have supplied the interim Rwandan government with funds

00:52that could have supported the procurement of equipment deemed critical to the genocidal regime, potentially facilitating the violence.

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