what was the role of the french military in rawanda 1990 -1995?

Question

i am reading shake hands with the devil Dallaires acount of what happened in rwanda in 1993 .in this book he seems to suggest a french presence in rwanda right before the genacide took place ie comandos traning RGF forces .can any body fill me in on these info gaps.i am favoring witnesses,people who where there, primary sources, and things of this nature.internet articles will do as well .i can look on wikipedia or google so please dont suggest this .But if u are aware of a informative book or large volume of info on this topic please leave a name or paste a link in your answer.if anybody thinks i can get more answers by posting this under a different topic let me know

Answer 1

We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families : Stories From Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
Hope in Hell : Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders by Dan Bortolotti
Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis
Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda by Michael Barnett
When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda by Mahmood Mamdani

A good source of first-hand accounts and analyses of the French role would be electronic databases which contain thousands of articles from magazines, newspapers, professional journals, and even transcripts from radio programs and television. Also check the PBS.org site--and the archives of shows such as Frontline(think they did a feature). Sometimes these, as well as the internet site for discovery, Nova, and History channel will provide excellent links to articles and/or other websites.

There's a new book out, a memoir, written by a woman wih the title of something like "last survivor" or "last witness"--I found it in the new non- fiction section of my pub. library. Go to the online version of your public libary's catalogue. Also, most libraries allow you to access(with a library card no.) their electronic databases. There are many to chose from. Wilson Omni and Big ChalkE are good ones.

As I recall, the French officials tended to support(covertly or not) the French-speaking tribes and although fully aware of where this whole thing was headed, did nothing to stop it, to turn down the rhetoric.

But this is not French-bashing. It is also important to consider the role of "Doctors without Borders" in this and other global humanitarian crises.

Answer 2

You may want to check out the French Foreign Legion Website I used it to research Dien Bien Phu and they may had a role in Rwanda because they were used frequently in Africa Notably in Zaire
so they had contact with Hutu and Tutsi tribes when they were conducting operations in Katanga Province when it tried to breakaway during the cold war.

Answer 3

They got to count all of the dead bodies. I'll bet they are proud

Answer 4

French military is an oxymoron.