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France knew Rwanda was fomenting violence against Tutsis, report says For many years, French supported the ‘corrupt and murderous regime’ of President Juvenal Habyarimana, the new report says 20 April 2021 - 18:15 Saul Butera Participants arrive at a night vigil during a commemoration ceremony marking the Rwandan genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda. File photoi: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER France bears significant responsibility for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, as it facilitated former President Juvenal Habyarimana’s regime in the massacre of more than 800,000 people, according to a report commissioned by the Rwandan government. French officials armed, advised, trained and protected the Rwandan government in the 100-day mass atrocity from which the nation is still trying to recover, according to the report. Former President Francois Mitterrand was “chiefly responsible” for his government’s actions in the four years leading to the killings. ....
How is the past of the two Hutu-Tutsi countries likely to influence their future? Most of us might be accustomed to the 1994 Rwandan genocide popularized by the Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda in which the shooting down of President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was used as a signal to execute a planned killing of Tutsis by Hutus. However, the Rwandan case is not the first case of genocide in the Great Lakes region. The region’s first occurred in neighboring Burundi in July 1972, in which about 200,000 to 300,000 Hutus were killed by Tutsis using an abortive Hutu insurrection as a trigger. In-between these two, several other planned mass killings between the two groups, in turn, have taken place. Neither Rwanda nor Burundi can be mentioned independently of the other when examining the Hutu and Tutsi groups. Moreover, any discussion of the two groups whether on the basis of ethnicity or social caste that seeks to examine the long-held hatred between them cannot ignore the anti-T ....
Long hailed for his bravery during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Paul Rusesabagina is now charged with being an insurgent leader. Did Rwanda change, or did he? ....
He Was the Hero of âHotel Rwanda.â Now Heâs Accused of Terrorism. Paul Rusesabagina Detained He Was the Hero of âHotel Rwanda.â Now Heâs Accused of Terrorism. Long hailed for his bravery during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Paul Rusesabagina is now charged with being an insurgent leader. Did Rwanda change, or did he? Credit.Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, . Early in the evening of Aug. 27, 2020, Paul Rusesabagina stepped off a flight from Chicago and walked into Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport. He had been in the air for 14 hours, but his journey wasnât done: Later that night, he planned to travel on to Bujumbura, the main city in the small Central African nation Burundi. Passing through immigration, Rusesabagina â who lived in San Antonio, Texas, but was originally from Rwanda, Burundiâs neighbor â texted his wife to let her ....