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British celebrities have urged Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda to oppose the UK’s plan to deport refugees to the country, saying it shows a “colonial view” of Africa as a “dumping … Read More
A hostel that has been leased by the Rwandan government to house asylum seekers from the UK is making preparations to accept children. The Hope hostel in Kigali is building … Read More
KIGALI, Rwanda — Presidents, princes and prime ministers from across the world gathered on Friday in Kigali, the hilly capital of Rwanda, to examine some of the pressing issues facing … Read More
Under his rule, the East African country has emerged from the ruins of a devastating 1994 genocide that left nearly one million people dead to be hailed by Western allies … Read More
Ukrainian refugees face being sent to Rwanda if they travel to the UK without authorisation, Boris Johnson has said in an escalation of government plans to deport those who travel … Read More
PM visits Rwanda as voting under way in crucial byelections Boris Johnson visited the Rwandan president this morning while voting got under way in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton where … Read More
Boris Johnson will have a potentially awkward meeting with the Prince of Wales in Rwanda after the heir to the throne criticised the government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to … Read More
In 1994, Hutu extremists in Rwanda targeted minority ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in a three-month killing spree that left an estimated 800,000 people dead, though local estimates are higher. … Read More
Prince Charles pays tribute to genocide victims in Rwanda Kigali: Prince Charles laid a wreath on Wednesday at a memorial to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda during the first visit … Read More
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Democratic Republic of Congo shut its border with Rwanda on Friday afternoon after one of its soldiers was killed after he injured two police officers while … Read More
Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is an “absolutely shameful” policy that threatens to undermine Britain’s potential to lead in a changing world, the Labour peer Valerie Amos has said. Lady … Read More
Rwanda has been caught in the eye of a British political storm this week, and its officials are not happy with how the country has been portrayed. It was preparing … Read More
A last-minute court ruling that prevented the first asylum seekers being forcibly removed to Rwanda was wrong and has strengthened the case for overhauling Britain’s human rights laws, Dominic Raab … Read More
Priti Patel has been accused by Labour of participating in a “government by gimmick” in the aftermath of the 11th-hour cancellation on Tuesday of the inaugural flight taking asylum seekers … Read More
Many have attempted perilous crossings across the Mediterranean to reach the UK in the past. But asylum seekers at Rwanda’s Gashora transit centre say they are now too scared to … Read More
