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Rwanda-backed rebels push into Congo’s mineral-rich town

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu in February Rwanda-backed M23 rebels

March 23, 2025

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Rwanda to begin trials for vaccine to fatal Marburg virus

Additionally, measures such as banning visits to hospitalised patients and restricting gatherings related to Marburg deaths have been implemented….reports Asian Lite News Rwanda is preparing to initiate vaccine and therapeutic trials for

October 6, 2024

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Campaigning opens in Rwanda presidential election

The election commission also barred Kagame critic Diane Rwigara, saying she had failed to provide a criminal record statement as required and had not met the threshold of acquiring 600 supporting signatures

June 23, 2024

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Flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda to start on July 23

The new date emerged in a vital timetabling hearing relating to two of the legal challenges the Rwanda legislation now faces…reports Asian Lite News The government has told the High Court that

June 5, 2024

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UK sends first asylum seeker to Rwanda

The government refuses tens of thousands of asylum applications each year but, under international human rights law, is not permitted to return people to war-torn or authoritarian countries…reports Asian Lite News A

May 1, 2024

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Council of Europe slams UK asylum pact with Rwanda

In 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which is part of the Council of Europe, prevented the UK from sending asylum seekers of different nationalities by plane to Rwanda…reports Asian

April 24, 2024

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UK Parliament passes Rwanda asylum law

The home secretary, James Cleverly, says it was a “landmark moment in our plan to stop the boats”…reports Asian Lite News Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually

April 23, 2024

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Fresh trouble for Sunak over Rwanda bill

The Safety of Rwanda Bill returns to the Lower House, triggering a democratic process referred to as parliamentary ping-pong between the two chambers…reports Asian Lite News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship legislation

April 16, 2024

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UN rights panel urges govt to drop Rwanda plan

The Government’s plans would see people who arrive on small boats deported to Rwanda to claim asylum there, with no right to come back to the UK…reports Asian Lite News Rishi Sunak

March 29, 2024

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Sunak warned not to deport Afghan allies to Rwanda

Lord Carlile, a former terrorism legislation reviewer, called the amendments “just, fair and required.”…reports Asian Lite News The government has been warned against letting Afghans who worked and fought alongside British and

March 5, 2024

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