France ‘complicit’ in Rwandan genocide

Independent report concludes French officials obstructed justice in subsequent investigations

French soldiers did little to stop the bloodshed
French soldiers did little to stop the bloodshed
(Image credit: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images)

French officials were complicit in the Rwandan genocide and obstructed justice in subsequent investigations, according to a new report commissioned by the Rwandan government.

Commissioned by the Rwandan government and written by the American law firm Cunningham Levy Muse, the report is part of an official investigation into France’s role in the genocide, which claimed the lives of more than 800,000 Tutsis.

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