Tag: Rwanda
Indigenous communities are trying to make themselves heard
At the Congress for Protected Areas in Africa taking place in Kigali this week, representatives of indigenous peoples are trying to assert their claims. Maasai from Tanzania or Ogiek from…
the G16 denounces a dictatorial drift and Rwandan interference
The Action Group of Civil Society Organizations for the Defense of the Constitution of March 30, 2016 (G16) draws the attention of Central Africans as well as the African and…
Rwandan ex-prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta sentenced to 20 years in prison
More than 28 years after the extermination of Tutsis in Rwanda, the former Rwandan prefect was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12 by the Paris Assize Court to twenty years in…
Studio DN: The refugee agreement between Rwanda and the United Kingdom
Listen here: STUDIO DN Why does the UK want to send asylum seekers to Rwanda? Katrine Marçal, a few weeks ago the first plane to travel from Great Britain to…
Tshisekedi and Kagame agree on a ceasefire, according to the Angolan president
While Kinshasa and Kigali were at loggerheads, Congolese Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame began a ” de-escalation process “. Angolan President João Lourenço, organizer of a tripartite…
Prince Charles talks about slavery and the free regime of nations
Leaders of 54 Commonwealth member states have been meeting since Friday, June 24 in Kigali. This summit (CHOGM) is being held at a time when the organization is going through…
Britain plans to overhaul human rights law – dispute over asylum seekers being flown to Rwanda
The European Court of Human Rights has blocked the deportation of refugees to Rwanda. A law reform is now underway that could bypass the decision. The Conservative Party has long…
Shooting at the Rwandan-Congolese border: Kigali tries to calm down
After the shooting that took place at the border between Rwanda and the DRC on Saturday June 17, in which a Congolese soldier was killed and two Rwandan policemen injured,…
The British continue with plans for criticized Rwanda flights
A first flight in the controversial collaboration between Britain and Rwanda would, after several rounds, take off on Wednesday. From the beginning, it was thought that 130 asylum seekers would…
European Court of Human Rights decision: Britain cancels its first deportation flight to Rwanda
The first asylum-seeking deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda was canceled on Tuesday following the European Court of Human Rights’ decision. Europe’s highest human rights court has issued an…