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DRC elections: the Kabila family legacy looms large over the country's polls

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…

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Minister suggests Sunak could quit ECHR if government loses Rwanda court case

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

The Independent UK

Seventh Rwandan genocide suspect goes on trial in Paris

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.

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Immigration minister Robert Jenrick vows to see Rwanda deportation plan through

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

The Independent UK

Who is James Cleverly? New home secretary tasked with stopping the boats and pushing Rwanda policy

The Supreme Court will issue their judgement on the lawfulness of the government’s Rwanda policy on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Rwanda ‘dream’ to ‘tofu-eating wokerati’: 13 of Suella Braverman’s biggest controversies

The ex-home secretary has never been one to shy away from delivering a controversial line

The Independent UK

Win or lose, supreme court decision on Rwanda policy will be pivotal for Tories

A victory for the immigration and asylum policy on Wednesday will come with headaches, but a defeat could split the Conservative party

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Across the globe, compassion for migrants has given way to cruel, performative politics

From Britain and Italy to Tunisia and Pakistan, our leaders crave being seen to be tough as a distraction from their failures at home

The Guardian - UK

Visa-free travel for Africans: why Kenya and Rwanda have taken a step in the right direction

President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas required, by the end of 2023. He said

The Conversation

UK supreme court to rule on legality of plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

A finding against the Tory policy could increase pressure on Sunak to leave European convention on human rights

The Guardian - UK

Supreme Court set to rule on Home Secretary Suella Braverman's Rwanda deportation plan

Supreme Court judges will rule on the lawfulness of the Rwanda deportation plan on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Supreme Court to rule on Government Rwanda policy bid next week

Five justices at the UK’s highest court will give their decision on whether the plans are lawful on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Germany to explore Rwanda-style asylum processing plan as it tightens migration rules

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has come under pressure to deal wth a rising number of asylum applications amid rising public concern over levels of migration and growing support for far-right parties

The Independent UK

Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go?

In September 2021, Rwanda announced that it was planning to launch over 300,000 satellites. Three months later, a Canadian company, having previously launched two dozen CubeSats, said it would launch an additional 100,000. Then, a French company did likewise. And SpaceX, which has already launched around 5,000 satellites, now has…

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Rwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans as continent opens up to free movement of people

Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people

The Independent UK

Austria working with Britain on Rwanda-style asylum seeker removal scheme

Home Secretary Suella Braverman described the global migration crisis as ‘the challenge of our age’

The Independent UK

Kendrick Lamar plans to bring major concerts to Africa through new Global Citizen initiative

Rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline Move Afrika: A Global Citizen Experience, a new initiative to establish an international touring circuit on the continent of Africa launching with a concert in Kigali, Rwanda on Dec. 6

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Austria to work with UK on Rwanda-style plan for asylum seekers

Suella Braverman signs ‘migration and security agreement’ with Austrian counterpart in move to work more closely together

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Rwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans as continent opens up to free movement of people

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Think tank sets out alternative proposal to ‘impractical’ Rwanda scheme

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) believes that a more ‘humane’ response can be adopted to handle the rise in asylum seekers.

The National (Scotland)

Illegal Migration Act is a 'ticking time bomb', says Scottish human rights charity

A SCOTTISH human rights charity has said the Illegal Migration Act creates a “ticking time bomb” for asylum seekers which the Scottish…

The Independent UK

Refugee children's education in Rwanda under threat because of reduced UN funding

U.N. funding cuts to refugees living in Rwanda is threatening the right to education for children in more than 100,000 households who have fled conflict from different East African countries to live in five camps

The Guardian - US

The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal

I covered the Rwandan genocide as a reporter. The language spilling out of Israel after the butchery of the Hamas attacks is eerily familiar, says Guardian US writer Chris McGreal

The Independent UK

EU law could stop UK sending migrants to Rwanda despite Brexit, lawyers tell Supreme Court

The argument was described as a potential ‘knockout blow’ for the government’s Rwanda deal if it is accepted

The Independent UK

Promises over treatment of asylum seekers in Rwanda ‘aspirational’, court told

Lawyers for the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, made their legal arguments on Tuesday.

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