Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, center-left, First Lady Jeannette Kagame, center, and son Ivan Cyomoro Kagame, right, prepare to lay a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)KIGALI, Rwanda — The Latest on the commemorations to mark the start of Rwanda’s genocide 25 years ago. On Friday, Macron ordered a commission of researchers and historians to scour archives “to analyze the role and involvement of France” in Rwanda from 1990-1994. Critics say France was too supportive of Rwanda’s Hutu-led government whose supporters carried out the genocide, with some saying French soldiers there were complicit — which France denies. President Paul Kagame and first lady Jeannette Kagame laid wreaths and lit a flame at the mass burial ground of 250,000 victims at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center in the capital, Kigali.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2019 12:26 UTC