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December 15, 2017

Rwanda Accuses French Military of Complicity in 1994 Genocide
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The Rwandan government has accused the French military of widespread
complicity in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The independent report
released Wednesday accuses the French military of training and arming
the Rwandan regime that killed 800,000 people, mostly from the Tutsi
ethnic minority. The report says the French military continued to arm
the genocidal regime, even after an arms embargo was imposed. The son of
the French president at the time was a close friend of the Rwandan
leader whose regime orchestrated the genocide.


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