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French prosecutors demand that judges dismiss Rwanda

The French prosecutor's workplace mentioned on Monday that there was no motive to pursue authorized claims that France was accountable for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. France's chief prosecutor, Remy Heitz, mentioned in a press release that investigations by French authorities couldn't show the involvement of French troops within the killings orchestrated by the Hutu-led authorities. The ultimate choice on whether or not to proceed with the case rests with the investigating judges, who will now almost…

Biking, an actual nationwide sport in Rwanda

In Rwanda, biking has grow to be an actual nationwide sport. The nation organizes from Sunday 2 Could till 9 Could the thirteenth Tour of Rwanda - some of the well-known biking races in Africa, labeled in class 2.1 by the Worldwide Biking Union - and is a candidate to host the championships. world 2025. Image of the nation's ambitions on this sport, Africa Rising biking heart in Musanze is the…

In the news: a victory announced and a wind of

"79.32% of the votes in favor of Idriss Déby", it is to be read this Tuesday morning on Alwihdainfo. "The Election Commission yesterday unveiled the overall preliminary results of the presidential election" on April 11, the Chad website explains.More than 3.5 million votes: "It is not surprising that Idriss Déby Itno will still rule for six years", specifies Tachad. In any case, the outgoing president is far ahead of the…

a report commissioned by Kigali points to “a heavy

France made possible the genocide against Tutsi, a genocide that was nevertheless predictable: here is the main conclusion of the report on the role that France ordered in 2017 by the Rwandan government from a US law firm and was published on Monday 19 April in Kigali. A report which, like that of the Ducler Commission, concludes that the French state has a heavy responsibility, but not that it is…

a new report commissioned by Kigali leans

This Monday afternoon, Rwanda publishes its own report on France's role in Rwanda before, during and after the genocide against the Tutsis, three weeks after the publication in France of the Duclert report on the same subject. If the French report had been entrusted to historians, the Rwandan investigation was carried out by a US law firm.…

The Rwandan report finds that France “activated” genocide in 1994

France has "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide", a report describing the role of the French government in the 1994 events, in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered, has found. The report, commissioned by the Rwandan government, comes amid Rwanda's efforts to document the role of the French authorities before, during and after the genocide, part of the steps taken by French President Emmanuel Macron to improve relations with the Central African country. The…

a Franco-Rwandan priest arrested in France

Marcel Hitayezu, who had lived in France for twenty years, served in a parish in the south of France and had even acquired French nationality. This Rwandan priest has been imprisoned and charged since Wednesday, April 14, overrun by accusations of his role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide. As early as 2015, Rwanda issued an…

“Do not expect the slightest remorse from me!”

RFI exclusivity - France 24. Despite the Duclert report on France's responsibility for the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur does not want France to apologize. In an exclusive interview with RFI and France 24, former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur confirms that he "does not agree at…

“My body belongs to me”, UN survey

The United Nations Population Fund publishes "State of the World Population 2021" on Wednesday 14 April. With the title this year My body belongs to me, and the report is devoted for the first time to the power and freedom that women have at their disposal over their bodies, without coercion or violence, in different parts of the world, and especially in Africa.…

Repair predecessors’ mistakes and mistakes

To avoid constantly being in the situation of having to apologize in the future, France should, from today onwards, address a kind of perception of relations between politicians or the interests of more or less private French and African leaders and states. Hatred at the heart of political life in Africa. This was what led to…

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