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Floods from heavy rainfall kill at least 129 in Rwanda

Torrential rains caused flooding in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 129 people, a public broadcaster said Wednesday.

France 24

127 perish in Rwanda flooding, landslides

Kigali (AFP) - At least 127 people have died as floods and landslides engulfed several parts of Rwanda after torrential rains, destroying homes and cutting off roads, the presidency said Wednesday.

AFP

127 perish as flooding hits Rwanda

Kigali (AFP) - At least 127 people have died as floods and landslides engulfed several parts of Rwanda after torrential rains, destroying homes and cutting off roads, the presidency said Wednesday.

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Floods, landslides kill more than 100 in Rwanda after heavy rainfall

Heavy rain that triggered flooding and landslides in western Rwanda has killed at least 109 people, as authorities search for others trapped.

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Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 - what's behind his staying power

Rwanda’s ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), recently concluded its 16th congress. This also marked 35 years of its existence. The centre piece, however, was the election as chairman, yet again, of the country’s president Paul Kagame. With 99.9% of the votes – 2,099 of the available 2,102 votes…

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Floods amid heavy rainfall kill more than 100 in Rwanda

A public broadcaster in Rwanda says 109 people have been killed in flooding amid torrential rain in the western and northern provinces of the country

The Independent UK

‘He deserves to be here’: War veteran Simon Weston backs our campaign to save Afghan pilot from deportation

Mr Weston ‘genuinely saddened and upset’ by Home Office threat and warned no one would want to risk their life to support British efforts abroad in future

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Flash floods hit western Rwanda, killing more than 100

Rescue operation under way after flooding triggered by rains damage homes in several districts in Western Province.

Al Jazeera

Heavy rain, floods kill at least 136 in Rwanda and Uganda

Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 129 people in Rwanda and six in Uganda, authorities said on Wednesday, as rescuers hunted survivors trapped in homes.

Reuters

Former UK head of coalition forces in Afghanistan: It would be a ‘travesty’ to deport hero pilot

Kicking the Afghan fighter pilot out of the UK would be so ‘contrary to British instincts’, says General Lord David Richards

The Independent UK

World Bank: Lebanon Tops World’s Food Price Inflation Rate

In its latest reports on food security around the world, the World Bank said that Lebanon recorded the highest nominal food price inflation rate in the world during the February 2022 – February 2023 period. The country registered 261% annual change in the food Consumer Price Index (CPI), followed by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Ship Carries Out Largest Evacuation Since Sudan Fighting Broke Out

A Saudi-flagged ship arrived Saturday at the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, carrying the largest number of evacuees since evacuations from Sudan kicked off. The Saudi-flagged ship “Amana” carried 20 Saudi citizens, as well as 1,866 nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from different nationalities, including: Thailand, Australia, Rwanda,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy's Meloni defends Britain's migration deal with Rwanda

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday Britain's plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda was a deal between two free nations which are safeguarding the safety of the people, adding it was wrong to call it a deportation.

Reuters

Ghosts of the genocide in Rwanda

In Rwanda, 29 years after the genocide that cost at least 800,000 lives, the psychological toll on those who lived through the bloodshed continues to weigh heavily. Also we hear from some of the young visionaries in the Seychelles coming up with ways to keep their traditional ways of life…

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The Guardian - UK

Judges urged to block Home Office plans to send refugees to Rwanda

Court of appeal hears Rwanda plan will expose refugees to ‘serious harm’ and is incompatible with UK’s international obligations

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda’s exemplary response to malaria

Letter: Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, Rwanda’s health minister, responds to a letter which warned that asylum seekers sent to the country would be at risk from a deadly malaria variant

The Conversation

Illegal migration bill: can the government ignore the European court of human rights?

The illegal migration bill has been approved by MPs and now moves to the House of Lords. The controversial bill would make it so that anyone who arrives in the UK irregularly (for example, by small boat) can be removed to their country of origin or a third country (for…

The Conversation

Peace in the DRC: East Africa has deployed troops to combat M23 rebels – who's who in the regional force

The East Africa Community (EAC) has completed the deployment of its regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to oversee the withdrawal of the rebel group, M23, from the eastern part of the country.

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Daily Mirror

Ex-Tory legal chief savages plan to let UK break international law over migrant flights

In a bruising encounter in the Commons, 'Tory Gandalf' Sir Geoffrey Cox demanded to know why ignoring orders from the European Court of Human Rights was needed amid concerns over the power it would give Suella Braverman

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman on backfoot over Rwanda migrant plan

The Home Secretary says the UK has seen ‘heightened levels of criminality related to the people who have come on boats’

The National (Scotland)

Suella Braverman accuses European Human Rights Court of 'undermining' UK democracy

THE Home Secretary has accused the European Court of Human Rights of “undermining a democratically-elected government” after her plan to deport…

Daily Mirror

Tory peers vow to be 'awkward b*****ds' as they try to derail Rwanda legislation

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been warned that Tory peers will attempt to scupper the controversial Illegal Migration Bill, on the day the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) gave a scathing verdict on the plans

The Independent UK

Migrants mount legal challenge to UK-Rwanda deportation plan

Several asylum-seekers and refugee groups have begun a court challenge to the British government’s plan to send hundreds of migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda

The National (Scotland)

Judges showed ‘deference’ to Home Office view of Rwanda’s pledges, court told

Rwanda was described as “a highly autocratic repressive state” that “imprisons, tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents”.

The Independent UK

Judges showed ‘deference’ to Home Office view of Rwanda’s promises, court told

Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are being challenged at the Court of Appeal.

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