Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Senegal, the African champions, keep their flawless start thanks to Mane.

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Senegal beat Rwanda 1-0 to maintain perfect start to 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Sadio Mane scored a 98th-minute penalty in the Senegalese capital Dakar. It is the second time this year the Liverpool forward has converted a spot-kick deep into added time. Senegal star Sadio Mane scored a 98th-minute punishment in a 1-0 … Read more

Rwanda women employed as motorbike taxi drivers

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Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, is training 120 women to operate electric-powered motorbike taxis. The initiative aims to enhance the environment and challenge people’s perceptions about women. It is aimed at employing poor women who are given the motorbikes for free. In Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, a project is being started that will hire women to operate electric-powered … Read more

Displaced by clashes, people in east DR Congo make uneasy trek home

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Congo’s government and M23 rebels fighting near its capital Goma. 72,000 people fled Nyiragongo and Rutshuru territory. DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the M23. People fleeing conflict between the DR Congo’s government and M23 rebels have begun to return home with trepidation, as tensions in the country’s volatile east remain high. Last month, clashes … Read more

Indian, Canadian FMs negotiate on Indo Pacific

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India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly spoke by phone on Wednesday. Discussed the Indo-Pacific region, Ukraine conflict and misuse of freedoms. Talked about possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Justin Trudeau. TORONTO: Indian and Canadian foreign ministers spoke by phone on Wednesday ahead of a possible bilateral meeting … Read more

UK’s Rwanda deportation plans leading to suicide attempts

Suicide attempts by asylum seekers in Britain threatened with being sent to Rwanda under new deportation plans have been reported to refugee charities, which warn that they are being “driven to despair.” The reports of suicide attempts were made as Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the first group of asylum seekers who entered Britain … Read more

Rwandan deportation flight leaves the UK

Priti Patel has revealed that the first deportation aircraft to Rwanda, carrying persons who entered the UK without authorization, will depart on June 14th. Officials said the Home Office has delivered legal letters to a group of asylum seekers telling them that they would be moved to the east African country. Few specifics regarding the … Read more

Death of Rwanda genocide fugitive ‘loss to justice’: survivors

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The death of the last major fugitive wanted for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “loss of justice,” according to the leading support group for genocide survivors. The United Nations on Thursday announced that Protais Mpiranya, who commanded a feared unit accused of targeted assassinations during the 100-day massacre in Rwanda, had … Read more

Girmay promises to take Eritrean cycling to fresh heights

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Biniam Girmay’s pursuit of Mathieu van de Poel across the line in the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia last weekend provided further evidence that Eritrea is an African cycling hotspot. Girmay made history at Gent-Wevelgem in March, six days before his 22nd birthday, by becoming the first African to win one of cycling’s one-day … Read more

Smugglers allege that there is a rush to get out of Rwanda, resulting in an inflow of illegal migrants

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Mr. Farage took a GB News video team out on the English Channel after more than 300 illegal immigrants were detained in small boats making the risky journey from France. According to the former Brexit Party leader, Ms. Patel’s proposal, which involves transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda beginning early next year, has not worked. He … Read more

Putin plans to end war on May 9, says Pope Francis

Pope Francis stated Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban told him that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to end the invasion of Ukraine on May 9; Russia’s Victory Day. In an interview, the Pope made the remarks to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. “Orban, when I met him, he told me that the Russians have … Read more

Theresa May enters the list of critics in Priti Patel Rwanda plan

Theresa May enters the list of critics of Priti Patel’s Rwanda plan Home Secretary Priti Patel confronted a blast of criticism in the Commons on the designs to send some asylum searchers 4,000 miles to East Africa. Moderate previous state leader Theresa May has scrutinized the “legitimateness, common sense and adequacy” of the Government’s arrangement … Read more

UK’s Rwanda asylum proposal

Justin Welby said the resurrection was not the time to “outsource our responsibilities.” He also called for a truce in Ukraine and expressed concern over rising prices. The administration says change is required to combat human smuggling. People considered to have entered the UK illegally will be relocated to the east African country where they … Read more

Patel personally approved the rollout of the Rwanda plan

Priti Patel

Priti Patel had to personally approve a program to relocate some asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, after her officials expressed concerns about value for money. The home secretary gave an uncommon “ministerial direction” to push the plans through, implying that she is personally responsible for them. The Home Office has only exercised the … Read more

Home secretary Priti Patel calls the Rwanda deal, a motivation for other countries.

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Home secretary Priti Patel calls the Rwanda deal, a motivation for other countries. The Home Secretary trusts her “top notch” plan to send travelers to Rwanda will go about as a “outline” for different nations to follow, possibly making ready for additional arrangements. Priti Patel marked her “reality first” concurrence with the East African country … Read more

retaliation to the UK’s ‘world first’ migration pact

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But there’s one thing we’ve overlooked: how those changes would affect the country, which the administration estimates will receive “tens of thousands” of asylum seekers from the United Kingdom. But there’s one thing we’ve overlooked: how those changes would affect the country, which the administration estimates will receive “tens of thousands” of asylum seekers from … Read more

PM Johnson to announce illegal migration plan

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London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday lay out his government’s strategy to combat illegal migration and Channel crossings by tiny boats, which is anticipated to include an immigration pact with Rwanda. Punishment for breaching coronavirus lockdown guidelines has cast doubt on Johnson’s future, although record numbers of channel crossings have marked his … Read more

Rwanda leads Africa in jabbing

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KIGALI – Rwanda is among few countries in Africa that have achieved the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of vaccinating 40 per cent of the entire population by December 2021. According to the Rwandan Ministry of Health a total of 7,587,808 of the targeted Rwandan population aged 12 and above, have received at least one … Read more

World celebrates Pakistan’s Independence Day

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ISLAMABAD: The 75th Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated on Saturday at various embassies and missions of the country across the world by holding flag hoisting ceremonies and exhibitions. The envoys of Pakistan in respective ceremonies hoisted the national flag, while the national anthem was played. The events were attended by the diplomatic community, officials … Read more

Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspect arrested in France

Rwanda's most wanted genocide suspect arrested in France

Felicien Kabuga, the most wanted genocide suspect in the East African country of Rwanda, was arrested in France 25 years after his escape. The French Ministry of Justice said in a statement that Felicien Kabuga, 84, Rwanda’s most wanted suspect and who has $5 million bounty on his head, was living in a flat near … Read more