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Rwanda threatens Paris over genocide

By William Wallis in London

Published: July 3 2008 22:30 | Last updated: July 3 2008 22:30

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda says his country will consider charging French nationals who allegedly played a role in the country’s 1994 genocide if nothing is done to reverse a series of indictments of Rwandan officials in European courts.

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Mr Kagame says a Rwandan investigation has garnered information on French nationals he alleges are complicit with the former Rwandan regime responsible for the murder of more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

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