Charles Onyango-Obbo recently wrote on his X handle about an unusual journalistic endeavor: “In an unprecedented move, 50 journalists from 17 media outlets in 11 (mostly European) countries got together on an alleged $2 million joint project to ‘investigate’ just one country – Rwanda. The media, including Der Spiegel (Germany), Le Monde (France), The Guardian…
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First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges.
By ronald sserwadda U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. Sunak made the comments at a news conference, making his case…
Standoff continues as MPs prepare to vote on Rwanda bill.
Parliament will resume voting on the government’s controversial Rwanda bill on Monday as MPs return to the Commons. It comes as reports suggest the UK held talks with other countries, including Armenia, about replicating the scheme. The plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda has faced setbacks since it was first announced in April…
UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
The UK government wants to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda ,following the agreement that they made . It is proposing new laws to overcome legal obstacles, after the Supreme Court said its plan was unlawful. Under a five-year agreement, some asylum seekers arriving in the UK would be sent to Rwanda, to have their claims…
Stop supporting M23 rebels and pull troops out of DR Congo, France urges Rwanda
France on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end “all support” for M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo and to pull its troops out of the country. “M23 must cease fighting immediately and withdraw from all areas it occupies,” the foreign ministry added. After years of dormancy, the M23 (March 23 Movement) took up arms…
30 years on Rwanda genocide victims still being found
Around 100 volunteers, many wearing face masks and rubber gloves, turn over the red soil in Ngoma village with a sombre determination as a crowd watches on from a slope above. Skulls, teeth and other shards of bone are placed carefully into plastic bags while shoes and tattered clothing — possible clues to identify loved…
Rwanda Promises Military Assistance to Benin to Combat Sahel Jihadist Threat
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon at the weekend, promising military support to help the west African nation contain a spillover from jihadist conflict at Benin’s northern border with Burkina Faso. West Africa’s coastal nations Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are increasingly worried by the islamist insurgency gaining ground just…
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina freed from prison
In this file photo taken on October 02, 2020 “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina (C) in the pink inmate’s uniform arriving at Nyarugenge Court of Justice in Kigali, Rwanda, surrounded by guards of Rwanda Correctional Service.
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