Kagame blames UN for Rwanda's darkness during genocide

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Kagame blames UN for Rwanda's darkness during genocide

Rwandan President Paul Kagame Wednesday pinned the country's darkness during the 1994 genocide on the international community and the United Nations in the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame Wednesday pinned the country's darkness during the 1994 genocide on the international community and the United Nations in the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.

"Injustice of powerful nations should be stopped. Rwanda shouldbe a good example to learn a lesson," the president said.

In regard to the international community's failure to stop the genocide, he said: "We call and pray that international community system be reformed."

He pinned the cause of the genocide on Western countries, namely Belgium, Britain and the United States that withdrew their forces when they were badly needed.

However, he accepted their apologies submitted in the past years.

The function was also attended by some head of states and governments including Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, the Belgium primeminister, delegates from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Tanzania and others.

Source: Xinhua

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