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'Hotel Rwanda' hero freed, thanks Kigali

KIGALI: Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of "Hotel Rwanda" detained after criticising the government, was freed late Friday, the United States said, offering gratitude to Kigali.

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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina freed from prison

Kigali (AFP) - Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide were portrayed in hit Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda", has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars.

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Hotel Rwanda's Rusesabagina freed from prison after US, Qatar role

Kigali (AFP) - An ailing Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda", was released late Friday and will return to the United States after the Kigali government commuted a sentence against the outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame.

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'Hotel Rwanda' figure Rusesabagina released from prison in Rwanda - U.S. officials

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda," was released from a Rwandan prison on Friday, U.S. officials said, after his sentence was commuted following intense diplomacy by the United States. Rusesabagina was accompanied by a U.S. embassy official as he was moved from prison…

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Hotel Rwanda's Rusesabagina to be released from prison

Kigali (AFP) - An ailing Paul Rusesabagina, the polarising hero of the hit movie "Hotel Rwanda", is set to be released after the government said Friday it had commuted a 25-year jail sentence against the outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame.

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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina to be released from prison

Kigali (AFP) - Ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina is set to be released after the government said Friday it had commuted a 25-year jail sentence against the outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame.

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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina's jail sentence commuted

Kigali (AFP) - Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.

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Home Secretary’s depiction of Rwanda is a very dangerous deception

I’M going to talk about Rwanda, the real Rwanda. I say real because the image of the country currently being peddled by the UK Home Secretary…

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Suella Braverman accused of resorting to 'photo ops' to push 'unworkable' Rwanda plan

The Home Secretary has travelled to capital Kigali, where she hopes the UK can start sending asylum seekers by the summer after more than a year of legal wrangling

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman plans to deport migrants to Rwanda by summer as country ‘ready to take thousands’

‘Rwanda is ready,’ says home secretary after visiting housing sites around Kigali

The Independent UK

Britain defends Rwanda asylum plan as 'compassionate'

Kigali (AFP) - Britain's interior minister defended a controversial plan to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda during a visit there Saturday, when she inspected the centres where they will be held.

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'Not enough' places for African countries at World Cup, says Senegal's federation

In tonight's edition: Protests break out in Dakar as Senegal's main opposition leader faces trial. Also, the Congolese city of Goma struggles economically as roads are closed due to continued fighting between the army and M23 rebels. Finally, racism in sport, workers' rights and slots for countries at the World…

France 24

Suella Braverman to visit Rwanda as £140m asylum agreement remains stalled

Home secretary previously visited country on programme teaching Rwandan government lawyers

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FIFA give major boost to women's game by making World Cup prize money equal from 2027

The prize money for the 2027 Women's World Cup would match the 2026 men's tournament in Canada, United States and Mexico, in a big announcement from the FIFA congress in Kigali, Riwanda

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Infantino re-elected Fifa president until 2027

KIGALI, Rwanda: Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of Fifa until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Infantino Re-elected FIFA President Unopposed, Promising Greater Revenues

Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to be played around the world. Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of football's governing body…

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Suella Braverman wasting thousands of taxpayer cash flying to Rwanda for photo op

The Home Secretary is heading to Kigali to drum up publicity for her immigration plans even though ministers have failed to send a single asylum seeker there despite handing £140million to the Rwandan government

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Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president and cites Rwanda's recovery of genocide

Gianni Infantino gave a speech at the opening of the FIFA electoral congress in Kigali in which he bizarrely compared his situation to the plight of the Rwandan people

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Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president until 2027

Kigali (AFP) - Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football's governing body on Thursday.

France 24

Fourteen days of mourning declared in Malawi after deadly Cyclone Freddy

In tonight's edition: Malawi launches an international appeal to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy. Fourteen days of mourning have been declared after 225 people died. Also, we speak to the WHO as the Organization calls on rich countries attracting health workers from the continent to manage the brain…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Joins Spain-Portugal 2030 World Cup Bid

King Mohammed VI of Morocco announced on Tuesday that his country had joined the bid by Spain and Portugal to host the centenary World Cup in 2030. King Mohammed made the announcement in a message delivered as he was named the winner of the African Football Confederation 2022 Award of…

Liverpool Echo

FIFA confirm major Club World Cup and international fixture changes that will affect Everton and Liverpool

The FIFA Council met in advance of the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on Tuesday afternoon

France 24

Nigeria's cash shortage crisis taints election campaign

In tonight's edition: With little more than two weeks to go before Nigeria's presidential election, the tensions caused by a chaotic change in currency have soured the mood. Also, as daily rolling power cuts across South Africa continue to hit the economy hard, President Cyril Ramaphosa declares a state of…

The Conversation

Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: new book follows their distinct paths

Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban economist. Yet even with this background, reading Tom Goodfellow’s recently published book, Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa, I learned astonishing…

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Rwanda arrests six for insulting trailblazing female football ref

Kigali (AFP) - Rwandan authorities on Saturday said they had arrested six people for allegedly hurling insults at a woman who made history as one of the first female referees chosen for the men's World Cup.

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