Rwanda to start mourning week for genocide anniversary

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Source: BBC

Rwanda will start a week of official mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of the country's genocide on Monday.

President Paul Kagame is to light a torch which will burn for 100 days - the length of time the genocide lasted.

A diplomatic row has prompted France's justice minister to pull out of the commemorative events, but Paris says its ambassador will be present.

At least 800,000 people - mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus - died at the hands of Hutu extremists in 1994.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26917419

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1. "A diplomatic row has prompted France's justice minister to pull out of the commemorative events"

Since the words "a diplomatic row" could be about anything and are used here as a buffer to block information rather than as a tool for enlightenment, I looked it up:

http://news.yahoo.com/kagame-repeats-charge-france-took-part-rwanda-genocide-130018467.html

Why is it that European countries, the US, Canada, and "The West" in general, think they can *do* like they do and be totally unaccountable to history, to debates on ethics -- consigning responsibility for participation to "past administrations"?

[uppityperson]

2. k&r with sadness