‘Milestone’: Macron opens Paris monument honouring Rwanda genocide victims
President Macron, acknowledging France’s ‘responsibility’ in the genocide, calls memorial a reconciliation ‘milestone’.

President Macron, acknowledging France’s ‘responsibility’ in the genocide, calls memorial a reconciliation ‘milestone’.



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Operations were paused indefinitely in 2021 due to escalating violence in the region.
Rwanda began the inter-state arbitration proceedings under the asylum partnership agreement in November.

Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Burundi to escape violence in the eastern DRC.
Hopes that conflict would end this year were dashed after M23 advanced on key city Uvira despite US, Qatar peace deals.
Resolution urges Rwandan troops to withdraw from area of conflict that has killed hundreds, displaced tens of thousands.
UN refugee agency says women and children arriving ‘exhausted and severely traumatised’ after fleeing eastern DRC.
Exclusive Al Jazeera footage shows fighters, military vehicles on the move as M23 spokespeople say withdrawal under way.
Rwanda-backed rebels say they will withdraw from eastern town they seized last week after request by US mediators.

Rwandan-backed rebels seize city week after Trump oversees peace deal.
Rubio says Rwanda’s actions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are a “clear violation” of the peace deal