Rwanda revels in French influence


Flames jumping from the pan as Anastase Nteziryayo cooks at a French-owned restaurant in Kigali, Rwanda. — ©️2024 The New York Times Company

AFTER decades of wielding political, military and economic power across Africa, France is scaling back its presence on the continent as it faces significant resentment in many African countries. Yet one nation has emerged as an exception: Rwanda.

As other African nations seek to reduce France’s influence, Rwanda is embracing it, celebrating French culture, language and food, despite decades of frosty relations with Paris over its role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

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