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France's President Emmanuel Macron meets with the France's women national football team in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, southwest of Paris on June 2, 2026. [AFP]
President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday will unveil a monument to victims of the Rwanda genocide in the presence of Paul Kagame, the leader of the east African nation, as France acknowledges its role in one of the 20th century's worst atrocities.
Macron has recognised France's "responsibility", saying Paris and its Western and African allies did not have the will to halt the slaughter in 1994 of an estimated 800,000 people -- mostly ethnic Tutsis -- but has stopped short of issuing a formal apology.
The monument on the banks of the Seine river in the heart of Paris is a new step in France's efforts to take responsibility for its past policies and re-engage with Africa.
