French Military Officer Ends two Decades of Silence over France’s Reprehensible Responsibility in Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda

Former French army officer, Guillaume Ancel, who was assigned to Operation Turquoise during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, has spoken out on his experience, disclosing how he was “advised” to stay silent on the role of the so-called combat mission in Rwanda.

In his last speech Romeo Dallaire says: 1994 France intervention in Rwanda was support to genocidaires

The speech was made on June 17, 2014

Honourable senators, may I first say a few words? I would like to use a reference from a book I have been referring to every now and again. It is a book called The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill. I would like to start by reading a couple of passages rapidly to set the tone for what I am about to speak of in this motion.

The FDLR Disarmament Double-game And The Covert Role of SADC

With apologies for intermittent posting over these months, a few musings on the current FDLR situation with demobilisation ceremonies happening in both Kivu provinces.

Genocide: Difficult or Unacceptable to Remain Neutral

“The serenity that used to prevail in the country is gone, but at least the boredom dissipated and the danger breathed life into me. I slept less, drank more coffee, and was restless in general, but I’m not sure if it was because of the war or because of my story with Agathe” (from “One Hundred Days” by Lukas Baerfuss).

Rwanda need more vigilance but no dialogue with genocidal FDLR

In April 2014, the world began its 20^th commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan government has billed this year’s event as one of Kwibuka (Kinyarwanda word for ‘remembrance’).

Declassified UN Cables Reveal Turning Point in 1994 Rwanda Genocide Against Tutsi

On April 12, 1994, six days after a plane carrying Rwanda’s president was shot down, setting off a wave of killings, Madeleine K. Albright, the American ambassador to the United Nations at the time, sent a cable to the State Department proposing that the United States take the lead in pushing to withdraw most of the United Nations peacekeeping force operating there.

Jenoside n’Ingoma y’Abajenosideri mu Marembera (1)

Na: Tom Ndahiro

Guverinoma y’abajenosideri yatangiye kwumva ko gutsindwa byabaye muri Gicurasi 1994.