Emmanuel Macron Says France Could Have Stopped the Rwandan Genocide

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies “could have stopped” the horrific Rwandan genocide of 1994 and spared hundreds of thousands of lives but “lacked the will to do so.”

The comments come just before the 30th anniversary of the horrific slayings of as many as 800,000 civilians between April 7 and July 15 at the heart of the Rwandan civil war.

In a statement Thursday, Macron’s office said the president will release an already-recorded video message Sunday to address his predecessors’ shortcomings and to honor those slain.

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