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After Kigali, Emmanuel Macron continued his mini-African tour of South Africa. He arrived in Pretoria last Friday for a visit focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa is the country on the most affected continent. Emmanuel Macron and Cyril Ramaphosa have launched an appeal to the international community for the production of vaccines.…

After Rwanda, Emmanuel Macron is in South Africa this Friday 28 May. A journey with a focus on health, while this country is the one that has been hit hardest by the Covid crisis on the African continent. With our special correspondent in Pretoria, Pierre FirtionAs soon as they arrived in South Africa, Emmanuel Macron was…

Yesterday in Kigali, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's "responsibility" in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but made no apology. So, some are happy, others are disappointed. But what does Vincent Duclert think, the author of the report that came out two months ago and which greatly inspired the speech that the French president gave yesterday. He answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.…

Emmanuel Macron was in Kigalio, where he gave a speech at the Gisozi Memorial on Thursday, acknowledging responsibility, but no French involvement in the genocide, a speech very well received by his counterpart in Rwanda. In addition to the memory issues, the two heads of state spoke about the future of their cooperation, as the rapprochement is intended to be both diplomatic and economic.…

Dangerous exercise by the French head of state on Thursday, May 27, 2021 in the morning and travel to Kigali. "By standing with humility and respect by your side, I will acknowledge our responsibility," the French president said, confirming that France "had not been involved" in the Rwandan genocide. After the memorial speech at the memorial, the French and Rwandan presidents appeared for a press…

The French president is in Rwanda for the first time on Thursday, May 27, 2021. He is only the second French president to make the trip since the Tutsi genocide in 1994. The first highlight of this trip was the visit to the Gisozi genocide memorial where more than 250,000 people are buried. A visit after which the French head of state spoke for a long-awaited speech. He mentioned France's…

Emmanuel Macron's visit to Rwanda on Thursday 27 May is presented by the Élysée as the final step in the "normalization" of relations between Paris and Kigali, which has begun in recent years. Conditions were poisoned by the thorny issue of the role played by France during the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis, which several heads of state had previously tried to reassure. Without much success until recently.…

This is a historic trip for Emmanuel Macron, who will travel to Kigali on Thursday 27 May. He is only the second French president to travel to Rwanda since the Tutsi genocide in 1994. After a long stormy relationship, the two countries have moved closer in the past three years. The head of state's program promises to be busy in the capital. Many Rwandans are hoping for an apology from France after the…

Emmanuel Macron is on an official visit to Rwanda on Thursday 27 May. This rapprochement with Kigali is made possible in particular by the Ducler Commission's report on France's responsibility for the 1994 genocide. It was drawn up on the basis of easy access to the official archives of the time. Despite the promise of greater transparency, access to classified documents is still boring for researchers.…

"An unacceptable coup": European leaders "strongly condemned the arrest of Mali's president and his prime minister," Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday at the end of a European summit in which France called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "We are ready to take the targeted sanctions against the main characters,…