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Rwanda to indict French over genocide

By Barney Jopson in Nairobi, William Wallis in London and Ben Hall in Paris

Published: August 5 2008 19:44 | Last updated: August 6 2008 08:28

Rwanda is preparing to indict members of the French political and military establishment over their alleged complicity in the country’s 1994 genocide after it published a damning report that accuses France of facilitating the killings.

Disputes over the genocide have already shattered diplomatic relations between the two countries. The report, published on Tuesday in Kigali, is part of the Rwandan government’s efforts to defend itself and prevent what it sees as distorted versions of genocide history taking root.

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