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 and arrived in Paris 8 days later . 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 " . In September 1997 , she moved to Libreville , Gabon , at the invitation of Omar Bongo , and then Gbadolite in Zaire . Fearing the threat of the RPF , she went back to Zaire in late 1995 and later settled in Gabon , where she was granted a diplomatic passport under a false name . In response to threats by the RPF , she left Libreville and smuggled into France where she resides illegally
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Agathe Habyarimana