Rwanda welcomes over 180 asylum seekers from three countries
Rwanda welcomed 184 immigrants from three countries through the Emergency Transit Mechanism on Wednesday, March 27. In a statement, the Ministry in charge of Emergency...
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UNHRC calls on UK to drop plan to deport refugees to Rwanda
The United Nations Human Rights Committee urged Britain on Thursday to abandon a contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda, which could become law next month....
From prison to palace: Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s road to Senegal’s presidency
Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s extraordinary rise caps a rollercoaster period in Senegalese politics that caught many off-guard. Months in jail alongside ally and kingmaker Ousmane Sonko...
Nigeria: Pupils taken in mass abduction freed
Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed “unharmed”, officials say. Kaduna...
Museveni appoints his son Muhoozi as Chief of Defence Forces
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the new Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). He replaces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi...
DR Congo reinstates death penalty
The Spokesperson for the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Patrick Muyaya has announced that executing those convicted of crimes is the only...
Senate approves UK-Rwanda migration treaty
The plenary assembly of the Rwandan Senate on Thursday, March 21, voted in favour of the ratification of a migration treaty between the United Kingdom and the...
UK Rwanda migrants hits new parliamentary defeats
The passage of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda may be delayed until at least next month after the...
Eight peacekeepers injured in attack in eastern DR Congo
At least eight peacekeepers of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO, were injured in an attack on...
Nigerian president vows no ransom for return of abducted schoolchildren, women
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has taken a firm stance against paying ransom for the release of recently abducted schoolchildren and women, according to an official...