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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Macron says France and allies 'could have stopped' the Rwandan genocide

Photos from the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. Rwanda will on Sunday begin commemorations to mark 30 years since the Tutsi genocide. © Ben Curtis / AP

President Emmanuel Macron believes France and its Western and African allies "could have stopped" Rwanda's 1994 genocide, but lacked the will to halt the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, the presidency has said.

Macron expressed the view in a video message to be published on Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide, which was carried out by Hutu extremists and lasted 100 days.

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