The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

New ‘Doctor Who’ star is ‘Sex Education’ actor Ncuti Gatwa

The Rwanda-born, Scotland-raised Gatwa, 29, will be the first Black actor to helm the quintessential British sci-fi show.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 8, 2022

Doctor who? Ncuti Gatwa’s irrepressible rise to new Time Lord

Rwandan-Scottish star of Sex Education has made astonishing journey from couch-surfing to master of the Whoniverse

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2022

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa's age, career, net worth and family

Ncuti Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda, is a Scottish actor

Edinburgh Live · May 8, 2022

Activists interrupt Priti Patel speech to protest controversial Rwanda deal

The deal will see the UK pay £120million to Rwanda to take on asylum seekers

Evening Standard · May 7, 2022

Activists disrupt Priti Patel speech in protest against Rwanda refugee plan

Green New Deal Rising campaigners were escorted from the dinner to chants of ‘out, out, out’

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022

Rwanda: Tackling the challenge of overpopulation

Africa's demographic growth is having a considerable impact on the continent's capital cities. Kigali, for example, is set to double its population by 2050. In one of the most densely populated areas in the world, authorities are trying to organise this growth in terms of urban planning and economics. Rwanda,…

France 24 · May 6, 2022

PM under fire over ‘attacks’ on lawyers contesting Rwanda migrant plan

Boris Johnson had claimed that the proposal could be scuppered by ‘liberal lawyers’.

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Priti Patel's plan to use RAF base to create 'migrant camp' blasted by angry locals

Home ­Secretary Priti Patel intends to use a mothballed RAF base in rural North Yorkshire to create the UK’s biggest-ever camp for people seeking sanctuary. The plans have been branded 'Guantanamo-on-Ouse'

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2022

If Johnson’s Rwanda plan for asylum seekers is legal, why is he afraid to defend it in court?

Refugees – and civil servants who’ll have to effect this cruel policy – will both suffer, says Mark Serwotka of the Public and Commercial Services Union

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

Union chief accuses Patel of withholding Rwanda asylum details from staff

Mark Serwotka claims failure to disclose key documents raises suspicions plan is ‘built on sand’

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022