The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on April 05, 2019, 03:28:58 pm
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Rwanda genocide: Macron orders probe of France's role
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a panel of experts to investigate France's role in Rwanda's genocide 25 years ago.
An estimated 800,000 Rwandans, most from the minority Tutsi community, were killed by ethnic Hutu extremists over 100 days in 1994.
Rwanda has accused France of complicity in the mass killings - a charge repeatedly denied by Paris.
The experts will now consult archives to analyse France's role.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47826841 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47826841)