The ongoing trial of Félicien Kabuga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has temporarily been adjourned following claims that the 80-year old, who played a major role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is suffering from dementia and as such not fit to stand trial.

According to the BBC, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has agreed to put Kabuga's case on hold so that his health can be evaluated following the aforementioned claims lodged by his lawyers.

Kabuga was indicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1997 on seven counts of genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, attempt to commit genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, persecution and extermination, all in relation to crimes committed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Prior to the mass killings, his radio station, Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), allegedly broadcasted genocidal propaganda and he is also accused of arming the dreaded Interahamwe militia which killed over 800,000 Tutsis during the 1994 massacre.

He was arrested in Paris France in May 2020 after being on the run for almost 26 years. He was living under a fake identity at the time.

Kabuga faces life imprisonment should he be found guilty by the ICC.