The conclusions of a report by a historical commission submitted to President Emmanuel Macron concluded there had been a "failure" on the part of France over the genocide that saw 800,000 people, mainly among the ethnic Tutsi minority, slaughtered between April and July of 1994.
"The research therefore establishes a set of responsibilities, both serious and overwhelming," it said, noting the central role played by former president Francois Mitterrand in policy on Rwanda at the time.
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