https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A French court has sentenced former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana to 24 years in prison for his involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in his native East African country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231220/french-court-jails-rwandan-ex-doctor-over-1994-genocide-role Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:31:10 +0100 french-court-jails-rwandan-ex-doctor-over-1994-genocide-role France bears overwhelming responsibilities over the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and was "blind" to preparations for the massacres, a report by historians said Friday - while adding there was no evidence Paris was complicit in the killings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210328/blind-france-bears-responsibility-in-rwanda-genocide-report-says Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:59:46 +0200 blind-france-bears-responsibility-in-rwanda-genocide-report-says French President Emmanuel Macron proposed an annual day of commemoration for the Rwanda genocide on Sunday as the African nation marked 25 years since the massacres of the minority Tutsi community. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190407/macron-declares-april-7-annual-rwanda-genocide-day Sun, 07 Apr 2019 18:25:45 +0200 macron-declares-april-7-annual-rwanda-genocide-day French judges have dropped their long-running investigation into the deadly 1994 attack on former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which sparked the country's genocide, a legal source told AFP on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181226/france-drops-probe-into-attack-that-sparked-rwanda-genocide-legal-source Wed, 26 Dec 2018 12:10:03 +0100 france-drops-probe-into-attack-that-sparked-rwanda-genocide-legal-source A French court on Saturday upheld a 25 year prison sentence handed to a former Rwandan intelligence agent jailed in France's first trial over the African country's 1994 genocide. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161204/france-upholds-prison-term-for-rwanda-genocide-convict Sun, 04 Dec 2016 12:15:20 +0100 france-upholds-prison-term-for-rwanda-genocide-convict Rwanda has published a list of 22 French officers it accuses of helping plan and execute the 1994 genocide, in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161101/rwanda-accuses-22-french-officers-over-1994-genocide Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:59:36 +0100 rwanda-accuses-22-french-officers-over-1994-genocide A French general has testified for the first time in a probe into the role of French forces during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, sources close to the case said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160207/french-general-testifies-in-rwanda-massacre-probe Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:13:01 +0100 french-general-testifies-in-rwanda-massacre-probe Two decades after he was charged with genocide and torture, Paris prosecutors said on Wednesday they had asked for the case against a Rwandan priest to be thrown out, potentially souring ties between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150819/paris-prosecutors-want-to-drop-rwanda-genocide-case Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:27:30 +0200 paris-prosecutors-want-to-drop-rwanda-genocide-case France on Tuesday declassified documents in the presidential archives relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which Kigali accuses Paris of having an indirect role. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150408/france-declassifies-rwanda-genocide-docs Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:56:05 +0200 france-declassifies-rwanda-genocide-docs France will release a man accused of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda massacre after the Paris appeal court ruled in his favour on Friday, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150404/france-to-free-rwandan-genocide-suspect Sat, 04 Apr 2015 11:22:29 +0200 france-to-free-rwandan-genocide-suspect Rawanda's president took a swipe at French leaders on Monday during a speech commemorating the 1994 genocide, reigniting the controversy over the France's role in the killing that claimed 800,000 lives. His words drew an angry response from Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140407/france-barred-from-rwanda-memorials-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:54:00 +0200 france-barred-from-rwanda-memorials-2 France on Saturday pulled out of the 20th anniversary commemorations for the Rwandan genocide after President Paul Kagame again accused Paris of "participating" in the 1994 mass killings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140406/france-snubs-rwanda-genocide-commemorations-2 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 15:20:00 +0200 france-snubs-rwanda-genocide-commemorations-2 A French court sentenced a former Rwandan army captain to 25 years in prison over the 1994 genocide Friday, in a landmark ruling just weeks ahead of the massacre's 20th anniversary. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140315/french-court-sentences-rwandan-over-genocide Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:31:28 +0100 french-court-sentences-rwandan-over-genocide The landmark trial of a former Rwandan army captain charged with complicity in the 1994 genocide kicked off in Paris on Tuesday, the first of its kind in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140204/army-captain-in-landmark-french-rwanda-trial Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:08:00 +0100 army-captain-in-landmark-french-rwanda-trial French police have arrested a former Rwandan colonel wanted for his alleged role in the east African nation's 1994 genocide, his lawyer said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130714/france-arrests-rwanda-genocide-suspect Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:52:05 +0200 france-arrests-rwanda-genocide-suspect A French court has for the first time ordered a Rwandan to face trial over the country's 1994 genocide, judicial sources told the AFP news agency on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130402/french-court-orders-rwandan-to-face-trial-over-genocide Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:54:00 +0200 french-court-orders-rwandan-to-face-trial-over-genocide