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Rwanda

The latest news, analysis and opinion on Rwanda. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Capital

Kigali

Head of State

President Paul Kagame

Head of Government

Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente

last updated:

29 November, 2024

Max Verstappen (centre) doing FIA-mandated community service in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday. The world champion was punished for swearing during a press conference at the Singapore Grand Prix. Photo: EPA-EFE

Formula One (F1)

‘It’s amazing’: Verstappen collects F1 trophy in Rwanda – after some punishment

The Dutch driver was awarded his fourth winner’s trophy after performing an obligatory “work of public interest” as punishment for swearing.

14 Dec 2024 - 3:05PM

Denmark

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

27 Aug 2024 - 2:20PMvideocam

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers warned to exercise caution in the UK amid anti-immigration riots

6 Aug 2024 - 9:55PM

Britain

UK police to charge 17-year-old with murder over Southport child killings

UK police brace for more violence after knife attack on children sparks riots; suspect also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder.

1 Aug 2024 - 7:53AM

Protestors remonstrate with police during the ‘Enough is Enough’ demonstration outside the entrance to 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday, held in reaction the government’s response to the fatal stabbings of children in Southport. Photo: AFP

Britain

Patel and Badenoch launch UK Conservative Party leadership bids

Priti Patel and Kemi Badenoch join 4 others, including former home secretary James Cleverly, in race to replace Rishi Sunak as party leader.

29 Jul 2024 - 11:25AMvideocam

Ukraine war

Ukraine urges China to play ‘constructive’ role in regional security

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warns that the Russia-North Korea pact threatens to disrupt regional security.

24 Jul 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

Africa

UK Conservatives planned to spend US$13 billion on Rwanda migrant scheme: minister

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told parliament the Rwanda plan, now scrapped, has already cost taxpayers US$905 million.

23 Jul 2024 - 7:40AM

A building in Kigali, Rwanda, that was intended to house migrants deported from the UK. Photo: AFP

Africa

Landslide victory confirmed for Kagame in Rwanda election

Paul Kagame won 99.18 per cent of vote in July 15 election. President since 2000, Kagame has, in practice, been leading Rwanda since 1994.

23 Jul 2024 - 6:01AM

China-Africa relations

Africa’s trade deficit shrinks as exports to China surge – but it may not last

Resource-rich African countries have enjoyed an increase in exports to China this year, while imports from China fell.

20 Jul 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

History

Christian Pilard’s Little Museum of the World, a cave of wonders in Chai Wan

Pet a prehistoric mammoth, marvel at a meteorite, and even stop pangolin extinction in this unassuming vault inside an industrial building

20 Jul 2024 - 5:00PM

Christian Pilard is the founder of Little Museums of the World, a small but surprising space of wonders in an unassuming industrial building in Chai Wan. Photo: Bérénice Gohel

Africa

Rwanda’s Kagame cruises to crushing election victory, early results indicate

President since 2000, partial results pointed to Kagame extending his iron-fisted rule by another five years with 99.15 per cent of the vote.

16 Jul 2024 - 8:35AM

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame casts his ballot during the presidential election in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Rwanda says UK migrant deal did not stipulate return of funds

London paid Kigali US$306 million before new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the deportation scheme ‘dead and buried’.

10 Jul 2024 - 12:21PM

Britain

Rwanda aware of UK’s intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Saturday that the UK’s Rwanda deportation plan was ‘dead and buried’.

9 Jul 2024 - 10:23AM

Britain

New UK PM Starmer assembles cabinet for first meeting: ‘now we get to work’

His new government takes on the massive challenge of fixing a heap of domestic woes and winning over a public weary from years of austerity, political chaos and a battered economy.

6 Jul 2024 - 7:51PM

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (middle) hosts his first cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street. Among a raft of problems they face are boosting a sluggish economy, fixing a broken healthcare system, and restoring trust in government. Photo: AP

Hong Kong society

UK’s BN(O) scheme for Hongkongers unlikely to change under Labour, analysts say

But rise of anti-immigration Reform UK party could increase resistance to BN(O) policy in the long run, experts say.

6 Jul 2024 - 12:54AMvideocam

Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive at 10 Downing Street following the party’s landslide victory. Photo: Phil Noble

Britain

Opinion | Labour’s landslide victory has ushered in a new dawn in British politics

Having come to power on the back of big promises of change, Labour will look to capitalise on the disorientation of Conservatives to deliver.

5 Jul 2024 - 9:10PM

China-Africa relations

Chinese EV makers bypass EU and US tariff roadblock by turning towards Africa

With EU and US tariff increases on Chinese electric vehicles in effect, carmakers are looking for other markets.

5 Jul 2024 - 4:06PMvideocam

Britain

UK election: major tabloid The Sun backs Labour over Sunak’s Tories

The last time the influential Murdoch-owned newspaper endorsed the party was during Tony Blair’s tenure from 1997.

4 Jul 2024 - 1:45AM

Britain

Farage’s Reform UK overtakes Sunak’s Tories for first time in poll

YouGov, which conducted the poll ahead of the July 4 UK general election, called the development a ‘seismic shift’.

14 Jun 2024 - 1:33PM

Tourism

Donate before you book: luxury resort operator puts host communities first

Through his company 700,000 Heures Impact, hotelier Thierry Teyssier is turning luxury travel on its head with resorts that serve as tools to foster the autonomy of indigenous communities that host them.

5 Jun 2024 - 6:15PM

Britain

Explainer | Why immigration is a major issue in Britain’s election

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is promising to cut immigration levels if his Conservative Party wins next month’s election, making the issue one of the major battlegrounds of the upcoming vote.

5 Jun 2024 - 2:39PM

Elizabeth Tower, more commonly known as Big Ben, in London. The UK election will be held on July 4. Photo: Reuters

Britain

In heated debate, Britain’s Sunak and Starmer go head to head on the economy

The leaders of Britain’s two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday, a month before voters go to the polls.

5 Jun 2024 - 11:00AM

Britain

Brexiteer Nigel Farage hit by milkshake as he launches UK election campaign

A woman hurled a drink at the Reform UK leader outside a pub in Clacton in a throwback to a similar moment in Newcastle in 2019.

5 Jun 2024 - 2:55PM

Britain

Sunak may harden stance on human rights pact as Farage shakes up UK election

Rishi Sunak is seeking a game-changer as disastrous polling and Brexit architect Nigel Farage’s decision to stand for Reform UK in the general election leave the prime minister’s ruling party facing a potential wipe out.

4 Jun 2024 - 2:22PM

Britain

UK’s Rishi Sunak pledges to introduce immigration cap if re-elected

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes aim at one of the main issues facing the country ahead of next month’s national vote.

4 Jun 2024 - 2:56PM

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Britain

UK gives date for first Rwanda asylum seekers’ deportation flights

Sending asylum seekers who have arrived in Britain without permission to Rwanda is one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship policies.

3 Jun 2024 - 9:21PM

The British government says it intends to begin deporting asylum seekers on July 23, court documents showed on Monday. Photo: Reuters

China-Africa relations

Chinese funding keeps Cameroon’s deep seaport expansion project afloat

An ambitious plan to turn an African fishing town into a major trading port is set to enter its second phase of construction with backing from China Eximbank.

26 May 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

Britain

UK records more than 10,000 people arriving in small boats since January

The 10,170 arrivals between January and May 25 were an increase from 7,395 in the same period last year.

25 May 2024 - 9:15PM

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