Macron, Kagame Inaugurate Paris Memorial Honouring Victims of the Rwandan Genocide
The monument, called The Archive, bears tribute to about 800,000 people killed in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, officials said.
- On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron and Rwandan President Paul Kagame inaugurated "L'Archive" in Paris, a memorial featuring two black brass steles honoring the estimated 800,000 victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.
- The inauguration occurs five years after Macron first acknowledged France's failure to heed warnings of the genocide, a finding supported by the 2021 commission led by historian Vincent Duclert, which concluded France bore "serious and overwhelming" responsibility.
- Macron stated the memorial marked "the culmination of a long and patient quest for truth," adding that an "unprecedented reconciliation has emerged between Rwanda and France" as the genocide becomes part of French public history.
- Despite his past accusations of "complicity," Kagame lauded Macron for his "courage and humanity," stating that France has gone further than any other country in accepting its part in the tragedy.
- French courts continue pursuing justice through convictions of several Rwandans for their roles, while a recently resumed investigation targets the widow of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, who has lived in France since 1998.
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A monument to the victims of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda - a double stele - was inaugurated by Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.
The double stele erected on the banks of the Seine, was designed by Portuguese artist Grada Kilomba "as a place of recollection, in memory of the disappeared, and of intergenerational transmission of the memory of genocide", according to Elysée.
A work by artist Grada Kilomba will be unveiled on Tuesday 2 June in Paris in the presence of the Rwandan and French presidents, concluding in France a process of commemoration that must still be accompanied by acts, the historian believes.
This Tuesday, June 2, the Rwandan Head of State travels to the French capital to inaugurate with Emmanuel Macron a double stele in memory of the victims of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda....
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