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Rights group accuses Rwanda of threatening, killing critics abroad

Rwanda's government has murdered, attacked and disappeared critics beyond its borders in a campaign of "extraterritorial repression" that must be challenged by the international community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda accused of broad campaign of repression against dissidents

Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum plan

The Guardian - UK

Rwandan President Kagame announces plan to run for a fourth term

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year.

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Son of ousted Gabon leader charged with corruption and embezzlement

Noureddin Bongo Valentin, the eldest son of ousted Gabonese president Ali Bongo, has been charged with corruption, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. Several cabinet members were also indicted. Also in this edition: famine aid for Somalia is to be temporarily suspended after a UN probe found widespread theft…

France 24

Rwanda's president says he'll run for a fourth term and doesn't care what the West thinks about it

Rwanda’s president says he will run for a fourth term next year and declares that “what the West thinks is not my problem,” after the United States and others criticized the past lifting of term limits to extend his rule

The Independent UK

These Rwandan women were sent to jail for having an abortion. Now free, they speak out

They were sentenced for up to 10 years for violating anti-abortion laws. Some say their pregnancy was a result of rape. Rwanda has now liberalized its abortion laws and pardoned hundreds of the women.

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Why is the DRC wasting precious resources on an outdated testament to French colonial power?

As Le Jeux de la Francophonie begin in Kinshasa, questions must be asked about the event’s value and France’s role in African affairs, writes Vava Tampa

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Rwanda conference for and about women looks to gender equality in Africa

Women Deliver is considered one of the world's biggest conrference on gender equality. The 2023 edition which took place this week in Rwanda, brought the international summit to Africa for the first time with many issues in focus, especially equality and encouraging women in business.

Radio France Internationale

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick gave lessons to Rwandan government lawyers

Exclusive: Minister now charged with implementing Rwanda deal joined Tory volunteering project with Suella Braverman in 2008

The Independent UK

Caribbean leaders change tone, support outside force for Haiti after US, UN pressure

Supporters of deploying a specialized international force to help Haiti’s police root out armed gangs that are terrorizing the country moved closer Wednesday to getting the support of Caribbean leaders.

Miami Herald

Rwanda asylum plan: Timeline of government’s policy to deport migrants

How the events leading up to the Rwanda plan’s return to court and Suella Braverman’s conservatism speech unfolded

The Independent UK

Rwanda: Paul Kagame is a dictator who clings to power but it’s not just for his own gain

Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame recently said he was looking forward to his retirement after 23 years in power. Speaking to the press in April 2023, he claimed he “may join journalism in my old age” – a somewhat surprising choice, given the poor state of the freedom of the press…

The Conversation

Rwanda’s Kagame fires slew of military officials in big shake-up

Sacking of senior commanders and officers follows appointment of new defence minister and army chief.

Al Jazeera

Suella Braverman accused of fresh ministerial code breaches over undisclosed links to Rwanda

Exclusive: Home secretary was the director of a charity providing training to Rwandan government lawyers for five years

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Suella Braverman accused of fresh ministerial code breaches over undisclosed links to Rwanda

Exclusive: Home secretary was the director of a charity providing training to Rwandan government lawyers for five years

The Independent UK

Sunak says UK and Rwanda ‘leading the way’ on global migration challenge

The Prime Minister met with the Rwandan president to discuss plans to send migrants arriving in Britain unlawfully to Kigali.

The Conversation

Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 - what's behind his staying power

Rwanda’s ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), recently concluded its 16th congress. This also marked 35 years of its existence. The centre piece, however, was the election as chairman, yet again, of the country’s president Paul Kagame. With 99.9% of the votes – 2,099 of the available 2,102 votes…

The Conversation

Rusesabagina vs Rwanda: how Kagame wields soft power to get his way with the west

In politics, soft power is a persuasive approach to international relations. A leader can use soft power by exerting economic, cultural or reputational influence.

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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.

Daily Mirror

Rwandan politician says the country isn't safe for refugees from the UK

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza said high unemployment and a heavy-handed approach to protests made the Central African country unsuitable for the UK's deportation project, which was unveiled more than a year ago but hasn't seen any flights take off

Radio France Internationale

Remembering Rwanda's darkest hundred days and the thousands who died

Rwanda today begins commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militia.

Radio France Internationale

Paul Kagame re-elected as chairman of Rwanda's ruling party

During the 16th congress of Rwanda's ruling party, the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi), President Paul Kagame was re-elected as chairman with an overwhelming majority.

The Conversation

Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina's release and apology – a master stroke by Kagame

Rwanda’s ministry of justice recently announced the pardon and release of Paul Rusesabagina from jail. Rusesabagina was involved in events portrayed in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda.

Evening Standard

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero arrives in the United States after being freed from Kigali prison

The man who inspired the film ‘Hotel Rwanda’, Paul Rusesabagina, arrived in the United States after being released from prison in Rwanda last week.

France 24

Paul Rusesabagina, inspiration for "Hotel Rwanda", arrives in US after release from prison

Outspoken Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda," has arrived in the United States after being freed from prison, the White House said Wednesday.

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