France finally ready to examine it's role in Rwanda genocide
French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered a government study into the country's role in Rwanda before and during its 1994 genocide.
Macron met Friday with victims of the genocide, and a Rwandan group working to teach future generations about it.
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Rwanda is this weekend marking the 25th anniversary of the start of the ethnic slaughter of some 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis.
Macron ordered a commission of researchers and historians to scour archives ”to analyze the role and involvement of France” in Rwanda from 1990-1994. It is to produce conclusions within two years.
Critics say France was too supportive of Rwanda's Hutu-led government whose supporters carried out the genocide, and that France turned a blind eye for too long.
France denies complicity, but has launched several investigations in recent years.