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Added on the 07/04/2021 11:45:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed to Kigali by his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame for a highly symbolic visit, aimed at finalising the reconciliation between Paris and Kigali after more than 25 years of diplomatic tensions linked to the 1994 genocide. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurates the renovated 'Wall of Names' at the Shoah Memorial in Paris, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi death camp Auschwitz. IMAGES
Paris commemorates the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda 30 years ago with a message broadcast on the Eiffel Tower's first floor. IMAGES
Officials arrive at the Kigali Genocide Memorial as Rwanda marks 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by Hutu extremists tore their country apart. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).