Emmanuel Macron to visit Rwanda by the end of May to “write a new page” Friday, 21 May 2021 12:58
(Ecofin Agency) - French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured) announced he will travel to Rwanda by the end of this month to “write a new page” of the diplomatic relations between his country and Kagame’s. He said that during the international summit on Africa’s financing held last May 18 in Paris.
“I can confirm that I will be traveling to Rwanda at the end of May and that the focus will be on politics and remembrance, as well as economics, health and the future […] We are also keen, with President Kagame, on writing a new page in the relationship and to carry out highly structuring projects,” Macron said
A New Report Puts France at the Center of the Rwanda Genocide The genocide scarred Rwanda, but Rwandan society has emerged from the ashes. Full reconciliation, however, requires a willingness to acknowledge the truth. No French rhetoric about human rights will have meaning until Paris comes clean in its role in the 1994 anti-Tutsi genocide.
There is a peculiar tendency among many progressives and internationalists to blame the United States as responsible for human rights abuses globally. This trend is particularly acute among European intellectuals who criticize the United States for unilateralism, militarism, and disrespect for international institutions.
The irony, however, is they often bare more culpability than Washington. Take, for example, late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds. The Reagan administration might have explored rapprochement with Saddam, but it was a Dutch businessman Frans van Anraat who supplied the Iraqi dictat
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Rwanda s President Paul Kagame arrives for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as South African president, at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Of all the “Africa Rising” tales of the last two decades, few are as compelling as Rwanda’s. From the ashes of genocide, the Land of a Thousand Hills emerged as a stable, thriving nation. Its president, Paul Kagame, is feted as a father figure and saviour from Washington to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The truth is more sinister. Rwanda’s miracle rebirth conveniently assuaged Western guilt over the 1994 slaughter and helped the former guerrilla leader shrug off accusations of autocracy. “Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad”, Michela Wrong’s exposé of the deadly workings of the Kagame regime, will make uncomfortable reading for his international cheerleaders.