Rwanda recalled the genocide of one million Tutsis in 1994

Rwanda yesterday commemorated the 25th anniversary of the genocide committed between 1994 and 1994 between 800,000 and 1,000 people, while in just 100 days the Hutu ethnic group sought to annihilate its historical enemies, the Tutsis. Rwandan President Paul Kagame, of Tutsi ethnicity and having a prominent political role at the time of the genocide, yesterday led the events in the capital Kigali and returned to hold "the most powerful ) (foreigners) ". terrible crime, while praising the countries which, through the blue helmets, tried to stop the carnage Kagame designates France as the main culprit and highlights Belgium among those who tried to stop the mbadacre . But Kagame himself, a Tutsi, is accused of participating in the genocide.

"In 1994 there was no hope, only darkness, today, the light shines from this place … how did it go?" Rwanda has become a family again, "said the president, after laying a wreath on the Gisozi Genocide Memorial, where a quarter of a million people are buried.

"The arms of our people, intertwined, are the pillars of our nation, we kiss, our body and mind have amputations and scars, but none are alone in that." Together, we have integrated the frayed parts of our unit with a new tapestry. "Kagame and the first lady, Jeanette Kagame, lit the" flame of memory ", which will remain lit for 100 days. Later, the president made another speech, with a more bellicose political tone, in an act organized at the Kigali congress center, the Rwandan capital.Kagame justified the UN and Belgian soldiers and killed them. 39, other countries trying to end the genocide and denounce it in front of the international community, opposing their efforts to "the indifference of the most powerful states", among which he designated France, the former power which, according to the complaint, formed the militias responsible for numerous murders.As a result of Kagame's position, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, decided not to join the other leaders int international organizations that participated in the commemorations in Kigali. Macron announced that it would make April 7 the official date of commemoration of the Rwandan genocide, a measure that comes to add to this week's decision to open an investigation to determine the role of the Rwandan genocide. French state in the genocide.

The mbadacres of the Hutu majority over the Tutsi minority were brought about by the death of Judean President Haimarimana, whose plane was shot down on April 6, 1994 while he was traveling with the president of Burundi, Cyprien. Ntaryamira, and was about to land in Kigali. . Hutus accused the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Tutsi militia, and the killing began hours later. The RPF was founded in exile by Tutsis and led in 1994 by Paul Kagame, the current president. In just 100 days, 75% of Tutsis were killed, as were thousands of moderate Hutus who did not want to join the mbadacres, often with machetes. The traces were left on the bodies of the survivors: children whose legs were amputated, young whose arms were cut with a machete. Today, they testify to this horrible mbadacre. According to the surveys,

In 2006, an investigation by the French government accused seven members of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by President Kagame, of murdering Habyarimana, an imputation that the Rwandan leader categorically rejects. Twelve years later, however, the judges dropped the investigation, which according to Rwanda was based on false testimony to distract the world from the role they believed France had played in the genocide.

The old rivalry between Tutsis and Hutus is partly due to a colonial organization which favored the social rise of the old group and which had already provoked clashes and spread to neighboring countries before the mbadacre. of 1994. "It could have been prevented (the genocide) The warning signs were clear, but the international actors involved have not made a clear commitment," said Adama Dieng, UN Special Rapporteur on Prevention of genocide, to Europa Press. Dieng says that "the international community has not responded in time due to a lack of willingness and resources". The first "affected decision-making in the United Nations Security Council" and the second, the United Nations mission in Rwanda, "which was small, lacked well-trained troops and functional equipment."

reflection One of the events held yesterday in Kigali.