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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Macron acknowledges France's 'failure to heed warnings' of looming massacres in Rwanda

The Eiffel Tower on 7 April 2024, with illuminated letters reading as 'Kwibuka' (To Remember) 30 in Kinarwanda, in Paris, France. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

As Rwandans began to commemorate the painful memories of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, on Sunday French President Emmanuel Macron released a video message from France.

Saying he stood by his comments in May 2021, when he acknowledged France's failure to heed warnings of looming massacres, Macron once again stopped short of an official apology.

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