Paris. France and Rwanda have marked another milestone in their efforts to strengthen relations after decades of tension, with President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, inaugurating a memorial in Paris dedicated to the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.
The memorial, unveiled on Tuesday on the banks of the River Seine in the heart of the French capital, honours the estimated 800,000 people—mostly ethnic Tutsis—who were killed during the genocide between April and July 1994.
View of a double stele artwork by the artist Grada Kilomba, a new memorial site paying tribute to the victims of the Rwanda's genocide during its inauguration ceremony at the Habib-Bourgiba esplanade along the River Seine, in Paris, France, June 2, 2026. PHOTO | REUTERS
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