Over 24,000 UK asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda despite court ruling
Home Office sent 24,083 letters of intent warning refugees they were being considered for forcible removal More than 24,000 asylum seekers from about one-third of...
Category : Rwanda
Battle over Rwanda deportations to continue as No 10 gears up for appeal
Sunak insists Rwanda is safe country to be sent to after court rules in favour of charities and 10 asylum seekers The bitter legal battle...
Ex-Rwandan military policeman found guilty of genocide by Paris court
Philippe Hategekimana also convicted of crimes against humanity relating to mass killings in 1994 A Paris court has found a former Rwandan military policeman guilty...
Hero who saved hundreds of children during Rwandan genocide dies aged 61
Orphanage run by Damas Gisimba and his brother became refuge from militias during genocide that killed 800,000 Rwandans Damas Gisimba, who sheltered and saved the...
Rwandan ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide
Fulgence Kayishema, 62, charged with playing leading role in church killing of more than 2,000 people One of the world’s most wanted genocide suspects, a...
Weather tracker: flash floods and landslides hit parts of east Africa
Many reported dead in Rwanda and Uganda, as heavy rain also devastates western regions of continent May is the end of the rainy season for...
Former Rwanda police officer on trial in Paris accused of taking part in genocide
Philippe Hategekimana, 66, who started new life in France under false identity, is charged with crimes against humanity A former Rwandan military police officer who...
At least 115 dead in Rwanda after heavy rains trigger floods and mudslides
State-run broadcaster says flood waters still rising in northern and western provinces and warns death toll may rise At least 115 people have died as...
Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison
Ex-hotelier whose actions saved lives during 1994 genocide has sentence for terrorism charges commuted Paul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000...
Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage
New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’ The UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to...
