Emmanuel Macron

Genocide survivor in Bisesero, Rwanda

Rwanda

French president asks forgiveness from Rwandan genocide survivors

27 May 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza

The French president began a visit to Rwanda on May 27. This historic visit should mark a new step to normalising relations between Paris and Kigali. Emmanuel Macron declared that he had come to recognise France’s “responsibilitie [...]

Paul Kagame et Emmanuel Macron à Paris

In Rwanda, genocide commemorations are infused with political and diplomatic agendas

17 May 2021 by André Guichaoua

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is visiting Paris this Monday and Tuesday, amidst a warming of diplomatic relations between the two countries. French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Kigali the following week. In this [...]

Graffiti sur un quai de Seine à Paris :

France

France/Algeria: towards a "truth and memory" commission?

21 January 2021 by AFP

It is "a process of recognition" but "there is no question of repentance" and "apologising", said the office of the French president. On 20 January, Emmanuel Macron received a report by the historian Benjamin Stora on the colonisa [...]