France Acknowledges Role in Rwandan Genocide, Marking Historic Turning Point
France is confronting its role in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, with a new memorial in Paris symbolizing a step towards historical reckoning. This acknowledgment comes over three decades after the atrocities.
Franรงois Picard is pleased to welcome Juliette Bour, Historian and Author of a forthcoming book in French, "Like Men, Women Politicians Complicit in Rwandan Genocide". More than three decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, France continues to confront difficult questions about its political, military and diplomatic role during one of the most horrific atrocities of the twentieth century. The inauguration of a memorial and monument in Paris, attended by President Emmanuel Ma...