Rwanda
UPDATED: UK minister says Britain will push ahead with migrant deportations to Rwanda
LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday Britain was committed to its policy of sending asylum seekers…
UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving
LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - London's courts will hear two last-minute legal challenges on Monday to block the British government's controversial policy…
Tension simmering between Rwanda and Congo
Rwanda will retaliate if it suffers further attacks from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, its foreign minister said, after accusing Congo of…
UK aims to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda on June 14
Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks' time as part of a policy which…
Denmark in talks with Rwanda on transfer of asylum-seekers
COPENHAGEN, April 20 (Reuters) - Denmark is in talks with Rwanda about setting up a new procedure for transferring asylum seekers to…
Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Britain’s Rwanda asylum plan
LONDON (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned a British plan to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the…
UK could send first asylum seekers to Rwanda’within weeks’
The first asylum seekers could be flown to Rwanda from the UK within weeks, the government has said. It follows the announcement…
Rwandan court finds ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero guilty in terrorism case
A Rwandan court on Monday found Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the…
BioNTech eyes Rwanda, Senegal for malaria, tuberculosis vaccine production
COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said it was looking into building malaria and tuberculosis vaccine production sites in Rwanda and Senegal, narrowing its…
France’s Macron asks Rwanda for forgiveness over genocide
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said only Rwandans could forgive France for its role in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. “On this path,…
First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX go to Rwanda
The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 shots to be dispatched to Africa under the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme were to arrive…
Fugitive alleged Rwanda’s genocide leading figure arrested in France
One of the world’s most wanted fugitives Félicien Kabuga, who is alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide…