Rwanda says report on France's role in 1994 genocide important step toward common understanding

A grave of victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi is seen at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, March 28, 2021. Rwanda on Friday welcomed a report by a French commission that spent two years investigating France's role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. According to the report, France bears the burden of "heavy responsibilities" in the genocide that claimed over 1 million lives, mainly ethnic Tutsis, but was not complicit in the killings during the 100-day tragedy. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)