Paul Kagame tells French where to stick their bagel.

Via Pommygranate,
in the Australian

RWANDAN President Paul Kagame says his country will cement its bitter divorce from France and the French-speaking world, which he holds responsible for the 1994 slaughter of up to one million of his countrymen, by joining the Commonwealth.

"There are many benefits for us in joining the Commonwealth - cultural, economic, political," Mr Kagame said.

He has been invited to attend the November Commonwealth summit as an observer and said: "I hope they will then approve our membership. I am looking forward to it."

Mr Kagame, a lanky former guerilla fighter with an austere manner, rarely shows emotion. But the softly-spoken 50-year-old struggles to contain his anger when discussing France in Africa.

"They are the ones who armed and trained the militias ... the evidence is everywhere," he said. "They continued to do so even after the genocide started."

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