A French probe says Rwandan President Paul Kagame was not behind the assassination that triggered the 1994 genocide. The shot that downed then-president Habyarimana's plane apparently came from his own side. In Nigeria, a strike over rising fuel prices paralyses the country, already reeling from religious violence. And a tourist miraculously survives after her bungee cord snaps in Zimbabwe.
As a new probe reverses an earlier French investigation on the event that sparked the Rwandan genocide and shifts the focus from Tutsi rebels to Hutu extremists, François Picard’s panel argues over whether in the past, there’s been a cover-up.
As a new probe reverses an earlier French investigation on the event that sparked the Rwandan genocide, shifting the focus from Tutsi rebels to Hutu extremists, François Picard’s panel argues over whether, in the past, there has been a cover-up.
A new French inquiry into the assassination of former Rwandan President Habyarimana, which triggered the Rwandan genocide in 1994, could improve relations between France and Rwanda. President Kagame is no longer thought to have orchestrated the assassination, as was previously determined by a heavily-criticised probe conducted by France several years ago, and which led to Rwanda breaking off diplomatic relations.
Rwanda on Tuesday hailed a French report into the 1994 plane crash that killed former leader Juvenal Habyarimana as a vindication for President Paul Kagame (pictured), claiming the downing of the plane was "a coup d'état" by extremist Hutus.
A former top government aide says no less than five African leaders gave briefcases full of cash to the previous French President. We take a closer look at the man behind the accusations. Also, the President of Rwanda has made his first visit to France in Seventeen years. Finally, we meet the new Miss Universe, a beauty queen who hails from Angola.
In his only TV interview during his historic visit to France, Rwandan President Paul Kagame sits down with France 24's Marc Perelman to talk about the improved relations between both countries, his willingness to stop talking about the controversies of the past and answers to the critics who describe him as a dictator.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he was no longer seeking an apology from France for its alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, during a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Monday.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrived in Paris Sunday on a visit aimed at renewing relations after years of frosty ties following Kagame's claims that France collaborated with Rwanda's previous regime during its 1994 massacre of ethnic Tutsis.
Thousands of Rwandans and several African heads of state gathered in Kigali on Monday for the inauguration of President Paul Kagame (pictured), who won a landslide re-election last month after running virtually unopposed.
