Macron asks Rwandans for forgiveness over genocide

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has asked Rwandans to forgive France for its failings linked to the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died. But speaking at the genocide memorial in the Rwandan capital Kigali he said France was not an accomplice in the killings. We explain the background to the story.

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(Photo: French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath on a mass grave containing the remains of the 1994 Rwandan genocide victims, at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, Rwanda, 27 May 2021. Credit: Eugene Uwimana/EPA)