The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Verdict on scheme to deport asylum seekers could lead to resumed flights or Tory demands to leave human rights convention

The Channel migrant crisis continues amid much political debate.

THE Supreme Court is set to deliver a judgment on whether or not the UK Government’s Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful.

New Home Secretary James Cleverly briefed the Cabinet after taking over from the sacked Suella Braverman.

A Rwandan doctor who has been living in France for decades goes on trial in Paris over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country

The Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to hold elections on 20 December 2023. The country’s electoral commission has announced President Felix Tshisekedi will be seeking reelection alongside 23 other candidates. They include Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege and the runner-up in the 2018 presidential election, Martin Fayulu. The…

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says government ‘will do whatever it takes’ to ensure Rwanda flights take off ahead of showdown court verdict

A Rwandan doctor known as the “butcher of Tumba”, accused of facilitating the 1994 Rwandan genocide, goes on trial in Paris starting Tuesday. He will become the seventh Rwandan to be tried in France for crimes related to the genocide.

The policy announced in April 2022 has been held up in the courts, with no deportation flights having taken place.