And the French continued to support the killers. The NGO cited below was MSF, hardly a friend of the new government in Kigali. In this case, MSF blasted France.

Resolution 918 did not bring arms shipments to Rwanda to a complete halt. After its imposition, inhabitants of the Zairian town of Goma were reported to have witnessed heavy transport trucks loaded with ammunition and matériel making their way towards Rwanda to support the Hutu regime.96 An NGO study added weight to this, reporting air deliveries of five shipments from France of artillery, machineguns, assault rifles and ammunition to Goma in May and June 1994, and subsequently taken across the border to Rwanda by the Forces armées du Zaire (FAZ).97 Further evidence was reported in the press of at least one post-embargo flight on 18 July carrying US$753 645 worth of arms from France to Goma.98 This indirect route via Zaire would have been chosen owing to continued fighting in Rwanda, and because international presence made arms deliveries difficult.99 Although these shipments have been denied by Paris and a French enquiry into France’s role in the Rwandan genocide states that no arms were supplied to Rwanda after the French embargo on 8 April 1994,100 statements from French sources challenge the official government position. Among these was a former consul in Goma who justified the shipments as the fulfilment of contracts negotiated with the Rwandan Government before the embargo was in place.101 While a former member of the French secret service made an off-the-record statement that ‘we are busy delivering ammunition to the FAR through Goma. But of course I will deny it if you quote me to the press.’102