The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

A long-awaited economic assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill revealed it would cost £63,000 more to hand asylum seekers a one-way ticket to the African country than to keep them in the UK

Calculating savings is said to be ‘highly uncertain’ but the assessment gives figures of between £106,000 and £165,000 per individual.

Exclusive: Two units to retrain as ‘detention decision-makers’ and told to refer to asylum seekers as ‘illegal entrants’

More money to be spent on continuing fight at Court of Appeal, after £140m given to Rwandan government

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…

In tonight's edition: In Uganda, parents of children still missing since Friday's horrific attack on a school dorm offer up their DNA in the search for their missing loved ones. Meanwhile in Burundi, hundreds of thousands of people who fled their country in 2015 amidst political turmoil have started returning…

A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings during the Rwandan genocide nearly 30 years ago says his client will apply for political asylum in South Africa

Exclusive: Afghan war hero who escaped Taliban to come to Britain hits back at officials who say his military service is not enough to stop his deportation

Women activists from China to Rwanda are gathering in Paris this week to call for peace, justice and equality. Whether it be in Ukraine, in Africa or on behalf of ethnic minorities, they say their rallying cry is more urgent than ever.