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UK’s Suella Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants

Britain's interior minister Suella Braverman said she was convinced Rwanda was a safe country to resettle migrants who had arrived in Britain illegally but...

Britain tenders $95 mln contract to transport migrants

Britain has tendered a 78 million pound ($94.75 million) contract for the transport of migrants to partner countries including Rwanda as part of its...

UK’s Rwanda asylum seeker deportation plan is lawful: court

Britain's plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful, London's High Court ruled on Monday, in a victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who...

GSK, Novartis pledge funds for diseases that mostly affect the poor

GSK and Novartis on Thursday reinforced commitments to address neglected tropical diseases, as world leaders and health experts gather in Rwanda to discuss ways...

Boris Johnson says he is confident of legality of Rwanda migrant plan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he was confident of the legality of his government's plan to send some asylum seekers to...

UK judge allows government to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

The UK government intends to fly the first planeload of claimants to Rwanda on June 14.

Hosting Britain’s migrants: The view from Rwanda

The deal will be funded by the UK to the tune of up to £120 million.

Opposition leader launches new political party

Opposition leader Victoire Ingabire announced Saturday she was launching a new political party, hoping it will be allowed to operate in a country

Rwanda shuts Congo border after Ebola cases

President Felix Tshisekedi's office condemned a "unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities" that affected citizens from both countries who had to cross the border as part of their daily life.

Remains of nearly 85,000 genocide victims buried in Rwanda

More than 800,000 people were massacred over 100 days in 1994 by Hutu extremists and militia forces determined to eradicate country's Tutsi minority.

French prosecutors move to drop probe into 1994 Rwanda presidential attack

PARIS: French prosecutors have requested the dismissal of a probe into the deadly 1994 attack on former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which sparked the...

India’s Modi donates 200 cows

KIGALI: For centuries China has used gifts of giant pandas to foreign countries as a soft power diplomacy tool. But India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Rwanda gets first cricket stadium

KIGALI: Rwanda's first cricket stadium was inaugurated Saturday by President Paul Kagame as a permanent home for developing the sport in the country. Gahanga Cricket...

Nigeria compares Myanmar crisis to Bosnia and Rwanda

NEW YORK: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari urged fellow leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya people. Comparing...

World urged to scrap super greenhouse gases at Rwanda summit

KIGALI, RWANDA: Hopes were high on Friday that world envoys meeting in Rwanda will agree to phase out potent gases used in refrigerators and...

At least 11 dead, 100 injured in Tanzania earthquake

DAR EL SALAAM: At least 11 people were killed and around 100 injured in Tanzania's Bukoba district when an earthquake hit the country on Saturday, a district police chief told AFP.

Malala shocked as crying Burundian girls recall rape fleeing war

MAHAMA, RWANDA: More than a dozen schoolgirls broke down in tears as one told Malala Yousafzai about the rapes they experienced and witnessed while fleeing to Rwanda in 2015 to escape fighting in Burundi.

In Rwanda, a phone text can save a baby

KIGALI: Using an old mobile phone, health worker Floride Uwinkesha logs the latest local pregnancy, part of efforts in Rwanda to boost maternal health through a monitoring programme in isolated rural areas.

BBC broadcast partially banned in Rwanda

KIGALI: Rwanda on Friday partially suspended BBC broadcasts over a controversial documentary on the central African country's leadership and the 1994 genocide.

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