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Rwanda: 30th anniversary of the Tutsi genocide
Rwanda: 30th anniversary of the Tutsi genocide
(franceinfo)
In Rwanda, the flame of remembrance was lit on Sunday April 7 by President Paul Kagame, thirty years after the Tutsi genocide. This ceremony was held in the presence of several foreign leaders.
A flame to remember the 800,000 victims of the Rwandan genocide. Thirty years ago, the first Tutsis were massacred, an ethnic cleansing that would spread throughout the country and lead to genocide before the eyes of the entire world, which remained silent. “It is the international community that has let us all down, whether through contempt or cowardice”declared Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, Sunday April 7.
Several former heads of state present
Among the dignitaries present during these commemorations, former American President Bill Clinton, in office at the White House at the time of the massacres, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the first French president to visit Rwanda several years after the genocide. He was an important presence for the survivors. During his visit to Kigali, the capital, in 2021, Emmanuel Macron recognized France’s responsibilities in the abandonment of thousands of victims. He wanted to reiterate his words in a video message.
