The Pigeon Express
Britain has already paid Rwanda £120 million to take migrants despite the deal being grounded by legal challenges. Officials for the east African nation’s government confirmed it has received the entire initial payment for the agreement signed in April. Last month Downing Street conceded that some cash had been paid but refused to say how […]
A Chinese national has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for torturing local mineworkers in Rwanda after a video showing him whipping a man tied to a post went viral on social media. Sun Shujun, the manager of a mine in the west of the country, was convicted on Tuesday along with an accomplice […]
Thirty endangered white rhinos have arrived in Rwanda after a long journey from South Africa in a Boeing 747 with conservationists hailing it as the largest single transfer of the species ever undertaken. The majestic animals, which can weigh up to two tonnes, travelled some 3,400km from South Africa’s Phinda Private Game Reserve as part […]
At least 15 people were killed after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano located on the outskirts of Goma city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), authorities said. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said that 15 people were killed while fleeing following the explosion on May 22. Nine people were killed in a truck […]
Flooding as a result of recent heavy rains has killed more than 260 people across East Africa. Kenya has been the hardest hit with the government recording 194 deaths. In Rwanda, 55 people have died and floods have killed 16 in Somalia. In Uganda high water levels have trapped an estimated 200 patients inside a […]
Rwanda announced on Saturday its first case of the new coronavirus, Covid-19. In a statement, the health ministry said the patient is an Indian citizen who arrived in the country from Mumbai on March 8. “An Indian citizen who arrived from Mumbai, India on March 8, 2020 has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). The patient […]