Agathe Habyarimana

Agathe Habyarimana

Agathe Habyarimana (born Agathe Kanziga in 1942) is the widow of former President of Rwanda Juvénal Habyarimana.

Kanziga was the daughter of a Hutu lineage that had ruled an independent principality until the late nineteenth century. cite book
title=The Fate of Africa
first=Martin|last=Meredith
publisher=PublicAffairs
location=New York
year=2005
isbn=1-58648-246-7]

She was frequently regarded as one of the powers behind the throne during her husband's 20-year presidency, and her family connections to powerful Hutu politicians are often regarded as having provided necessary political capital for Habyarimana. She was the centre of a powerful clique of northern Hutus called "le clan de Madame" or "akazu" (Kinyarwanda for "little house").

On April 9 1994, immediately following Habyarimana's assassination and the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide, she was airlifted out of Rwanda by French troops. In this exodus she was accompanied by thirty other members of the "akazu", including Ferdinand Nahimana, director of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines. Upon arrival in Paris, she received a gift of ₣ 230 000 from the French government, from a budget allocated for "urgent assistance for Rwandan refugees".

The book "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families" suggests that the "Akazu" clique, which included both Agathe Habyarimana and the Rwanda's "de facto" ruler Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, was responsible both for the assassination of her husband and the organization of the genocide. cite book
title=We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
first=Philip|last=Gourevitch
publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux
location=New York
year=1998
isbn=0-312-24335-9]

Agathe Habyarimana is the sister of Protais Zigiranyirazo, who was implicated in the genocide. She presently remains in exile in France. She was denied political asylum in France on 4 January 2007. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6251425.stm|title=Rwanda seeks ex-first lady arrest|date=2007-01-11|accessdate=2008-02-08|publisher=BBC News] Nevertheless, she continues to live in a rich suburb of Colombes, Hauts de Seine 92700.

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External links

* [http://www.afrik.com/article7171.html Kigali accuse Agathe Habyarimana de génocide] , 1 April 2004 (French)


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