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New UK PM scraps controversial plan to deport Rwandan asylum seekers on first full day in office
Sir Keir Starmer spoke to the press Saturday, and said what he called "the Rwanda scheme" was "dead and buried."
Number of migrants arriving to Britain in small boats drops 36% in 2023
The number of migrants who arrived illegally in Britain in small boats in 2023 was 29,437, provisional government figures showed, around 36% lower than the previous year.
Rwanda says Paul Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame to be freed
Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later...
Adams meets with controversial Rwandan president
Mayor Adams took a friendly meeting with controversial Rwandan President Paul Kagame at City Hall on Friday.
'He seems to have misunderstood the role:' UK leaders warn Prince Charles to stay out of politics
Members of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet have warned Prince Charles to stop meddling in public policy over fears of causing a constitutional crisis, according to The Sunday Times.
Dozens of migrants, including children, intercepted in English Channel
Dozens of migrants packed in a dinghy Monday were intercepted by the UK’s Border Force after the boat’s generator broke down in French waters as it was trying to cross...
Ellen DeGeneres' long-awaited, dream gorilla campus opens in Rwanda
The multi-acre, eco-friendly spread is called the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, so named after the late American primatologist and conservationist.
Scientists fear ‘killer lake’ in Africa could erupt, release poisonous gas cloud that could kill millions
Freshwater experts are warning that Lake Kivu, situated between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is harboring potentially explosive gases.
Woman plans to help fellow Rwandan amputees get prosthetics
She was orphaned during Rwanda’s genocide and lost much of one of her legs to childhood cancer, but Claudine Humure has dreams of giving back to her once war-torn homeland.
France's Macron asks Rwanda for forgiveness over genocide
France did not listen to those who warned it about the impending massacre in Rwanda and stood de facto by a genocidal regime, Macron said.
Terrifying tornadic waterspout caught on video in Rwanda
Swim at your own risk.
Crowded mountains can make silverback gorillas more violent
WASHINGTON — Gorillas are highly sociable animals – up to a point. A crowded mountain can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say. Mountain gorillas spend most of their time sleeping,...
'Hotel Rwanda' hero denied access to lawyer while jailed for terrorism charges
The Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation said Saturday that businessman Paul Rusesabagina, a U.S. permanent resident and Belgian citizen, has had no consular visits.
Man who inspired 'Hotel Rwanda' movie kidnapped in Dubai, daughter claims
Paul Rusesabagina -- the man whose heroism in saving more than 1,200 people from genocide inspired the 2004 movie "Hotel Rwanda" -- was kidnapped while in Dubai, his daughter claimed...
Rwanda finds genocide grave that could contain 30,000 bodies
KIGALI, Rwanda — A valley dam that authorities in Rwanda say could contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered more than a quarter-century after the country’s genocide in which 800,000...
Man pays the ultimate price for breaching coronavirus lockdown
A man in Rwanda violated lockdown orders amid the coronavirus outbreak to go fishing – but was killed and eaten by an crocodile, according to a report. "He had broken...
Rwanda detaining, abusing street children: rights group
KIGALI - Rwanda, often lauded internationally for its economic progress and reintegration after the 1994 genocide, is detaining and abusing street children at a holding center in the capital, an...
South Africa can strip refugees of asylum status under drastic new law
South Africa can now strip refugees of their asylum status if they engage in any political activity related to their home countries, according to a new law that critics call...
Mountain gorilla teaches nosy tourists a lesson
This gorilla wasn’t monkeying around. When a group of tourists hiked two hours up a mountain at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, they came dangerously close to a male silverback....
Rwanda avoids US-style opioid crisis by making its own morphine
As thousands die from addiction in rich countries awash with prescription painkillers, millions of people writhe in agony in the poorest nations with no access to opioids at all.