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France's guilt?

Rwanda's government has levelled grave accusations against France: according to an investigation by the Rwandan Justice Ministry, French soldiers actively participated in the genocide of 1994 in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed during confrontations between Tutsis and Hutus. At the time the French army had set up a protection zone in Rwanda under UN mandate.

Financial Times - Gran Bretaña

The Financial Times demands more honesty from French politicians concerning the genocide in Rwanda: "The suggestion that French officials knowingly connived in preparations for genocide might not withstand scrutiny. But there is substance to Rwanda's accusation that France allowed the conditions for genocide to develop by supporting a client regime even after it started committing war crimes. Paris has still to acknowledge its errors and issue any form of apology to Rwanda - a source of immense grievance to survivors of the massacres. ... This was the nadir of France's relationship with client states in Francophone Africa. President Nicolas Sarkozy has almost admitted as much, but he needs to do more. Many leading political figures in France have been outspoken in criticizing Turkey for its failure to examine whether the massacre of Armenians during the collapse of the Ottoman empire amounted to genocide. They cite this as a reason Turkey does not belong in the European Union. They need to be honest about their own behaviour in Rwanda." (07/08/2008)

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Dagens Nyheter - Suecia

The daily Dagens Nyheter calls for a detailed investigation into France's role in Rwanda: "Many aspects of France's conduct in Rwanda remain unclear, not least the question of where the boundary between colonial delusion and criminal inhumanity lies. This question can only be answered by a thorough investigation. There is a precedent for this: the 1999 investigation into the UN's conduct in Rwanda, which was led by [former Swedish Prime Minister] Ingvar Carlsson on the instructions of Kofi Annan. France is unlikely to be willing to publicly delve into its colonial past of its own free will. But the world, and also the UN, should make it clear that only an independent inquiry can eliminate all the question marks." (07/08/2008)

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taz - Alemania

"The French have still not honestly faced up to their policy of injustice in Africa", writes the left-wing newspaper die tageszeitung. "Rwanda continues to be taboo in Paris. At best you hear talk of 'errors', which is roughly comparable to Radovan Karadžić calling the massacre in Srebrenica a slip-up. Even today the officials in Paris would prefer to be rid of the report by simply ignoring it, instead of facing up to the facts. The people in Rwanda, whether victims or perpetrators, deserve more. They want to know why their country went through an apocalypse. The [Rwandan] report provides a positive example. Now those named in it should face up to the past in an honest manner." (07/08/2008)

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Le Nouvel Observateur - Francia

In an interview with the weekly magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, war reporter Jean Hatzfeld analyses France's responsibility in the Rwandan genocide. "France was present at every stage of the genocide, yet it is not to blame. You can bear responsibility and yet remain innocent. ... France had nothing to gain from this destruction. Nevertheless French politics has often had devastating consequences, notably in the Balkans. Often its aim has been to bolster La Francophonie and favour the most reliable, most legitimate regime, regardless of whether the person in power was a dictator. ... What I find positive about the report is the fact that the West will be confronted with its responsibility. ... It is incredible that there has been no condemnation of the French military in The Hague. One gets the impression that international justice is reserved for local wrongdoers." (06/08/2008)

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