Georges Ruggiu

Commonly referred to as "the Muzuungu" ("white man"), Ruggiu did not speak Kinyarwanda and his segments were tailored to appeal to educated French speakers in the political and military leadership classes, not the general public.

[2] Ruggiu eventually pleaded guilty to charges of incitement to commit genocide and in 2000 was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

From January to July 1994, prior to and during the genocide, Ruggiu worked in Kigali, Rwanda, as a journalist and producer for Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM).

[3][7] RTLM was one of the chief sources of extremist Hutu propaganda, broadcasting twenty-four hours a day and openly exhorting its audience to kill Tutsis and "disloyal" Hutus.

[8] Additionally, he and other RTLM broadcasters encouraged the killings of Tutsi civilians, moderate Hutus (i.e. those who opposed the extremist Hutu Power ideology), as well as fellow Belgian nationals; Belgium had previously colonized Rwanda.

"[11] Ruggiu acknowledged his role in the genocide, admitting that he:... incited murders and caused serious attacks on the physical and/or mental well-being of members of the Tutsi population with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, an ethnic or racial group.

[5] On 15 May 2000 Ruggiu pleaded guilty to both charges of indictment, and was sentenced to twelve years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for incitement to commit genocide.

One study published in the Journal of Genocide Research determined that the appeal of "the muzuungu" ("white man"), who, in contrast to most Rwandans, did not speak Kinyarwanda and only spoke in French on air, was limited to the political and military elite.