Even though there were no European forces in Africa, Africa was still financed with weapons. The United Nations wanted nothing to do with “such a country.” French President François Mitterrand even went so far as to say, “In these countries, genocide is not too important.” (Le Figaro, newspaper) With a death toll estimated at 800,000, the UN Security Council sends forces and captures Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The escape of the Hutus and the genocide