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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

After years of fighting and insurgency in eastern DRC, Beijing has urged Rwanda to withdraw troops and end its support of the M23 rebels, pictured in Bukavu, in a departure from China’s non-interference policy. Photo: Reuters

China-Africa relations

African mining interests at stake: China wades into DR Congo-Rwanda conflict

As M23 rebels cause havoc in the DR Congo, China has taken the unusual step to speak out. But experts say it isn’t a total policy departure.

20 Apr 2025 - 7:25PMvideocam

Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels make gains in DR Congo’s mineral-rich east

22 Mar 2025 - 5:14PM

Africa

UN chief warns against regional war over DR Congo at Africa summit

15 Feb 2025 - 7:26PM

Africa

African Union summit opens, overshadowed by DR Congo conflict

DR Congo president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.

15 Feb 2025 - 12:30PM

Africa

DR Congo troops pull back as M23 rebels take airport near Bukavu

If the rebels capture the capital of South Kivu province, it would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under their control.

15 Feb 2025 - 2:59AM

Tourism

A Balkans tour led by a Serbian and a Bosnian? The rise of peace tourism

Mejdi Tours takes groups to places like Uzbekistan and Israel led by pairs of locals with opposing religious, political or ethnic views.

14 Feb 2025 - 7:41AM

Africa

DR Congo crisis: African leaders call for ceasefire at Tanzania summit

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in an offensive that has left thousands dead.

9 Feb 2025 - 4:31AM

A graffiti artist spray-paints a mural depicting the ‘Congo’ letters bleeding as tribute to the victims of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, at the Tipo Studio, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Africa

Rwanda ‘welcomes’ proposed summit on DR Congo conflict

The UN and several nations claim that M23, which has taken the major eastern mining city of Goma, is backed by Rwanda.

2 Feb 2025 - 11:12PM

Africa

Congo’s M23 rebels control Goma airport, embassies attacked

The UN and global powers fear the conflict could spiral into a regional war akin to those of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003 that killed millions.

28 Jan 2025 - 10:24PM

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

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

Denmark

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.

27 Aug 2024 - 2:20PMvideocam

Junta supporters wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2022. File photo: AP

Hong Kong society

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

A stabbing attack on July 29 that killed three children and injured 10 others triggered violence that has spread throughout the country.

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

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

Former UK home secretary Priti Patel. Photo: AFP / Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament

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

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv in June. Photo: Reuters

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

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

Exports from Africa to China, such as this feed corn from South Africa, rose in the first half of 2024, while African imports from China fell. Photo: Xinhua

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

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

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

A facility in Kigali, Rwanda, that was meant to accommodate migrants deported from the UK. File photo: AFP

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

Immigration has become an increasingly central political issue since the UK left the European Union in 2020. File photo: AFP

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

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

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

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a victory speech on election night in London on July 5. Photo: Bloomberg

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

As the EU announces a tariff increase of up to 38 per cent for Chinese electric vehicles, carmakers are now looking further afield, including to Africa, for new markets. Photo: AFP

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

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