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  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Person in the News
    Paul Kagame, a man ready to make himself useful to the west

    Rwanda’s president claims to have overseen an economic miracle, but critics question his human rights record

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    UK deportation plan puts Rwanda’s treatment of refugees back in focus

    East African nation has hosted similar offshore asylum programmes in the past

  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    Africa
    ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero found guilty of terror charges

    Court in Kigali sentences Paul Rusesabagina, outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, to 25 years in jail

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Rwanda’s Paul Kagame — is he just another dictator?

    Drawing on ex-regime insiders, Michela Wrong’s book challenges the idea that Kagame is an enlightened autocrat

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    Africa
    ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was not kidnapped, says Paul Kagame

    Country’s president denies Paul Rusesabagina was taken to Kigali against his will to face terror charges

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Rwanda
    Arrest of man who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’ spurs family to speak out

    Paul Rusesabagina was ‘kidnapped’ from Dubai by President Paul Kagame’s government, his daughter says

  • Saturday, 23 May, 2020
    Rwanda
    Hunt for one of Africa’s most-wanted men ends in a Paris suburb

    Rwandan fugitive Félicien Kabuga had been pursued for two decades over his role in 1994 genocide

  • Monday, 20 April, 2020
    Africa could take ‘a generation’ to recover from coronavirus, says Kagame 

    Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Inside the WhatsApp hack: how an Israeli technology was used to spy

    Countries from Rwanda to Saudi Arabia accused of spying on dissidents and journalists

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Health Care
    History shows health is the foundation of African prosperity

    Good health enables people to learn and earn, to start businesses and to thrive

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Rwanda
    South Africa issues warrants for Rwanda spy chief murder

    Kagame’s government implicated in killing of former intelligence head

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Rwanda
    Rwanda’s Kagame dismisses FT story as western propaganda

    FT investigation had revealed that some statistics could have been manipulated

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Rwanda: where even poverty data must toe Kagame’s line

    An FT investigation reveals that some statistics could have been manipulated 

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    Libya
    Rwanda in talks on Libya migrant evacuation plan

    Proposal comes as conflict in war-torn north African country deepens

  • Thursday, 6 December, 2018
    Africa
    Kagame critic acquitted on insurrection charges

    Rwandan opposition leader vows to maintain push for political reform

  • Friday, 5 October, 2018
    World
    Rwandan opposition leader Diane Rwigara released on bail
  • Sunday, 16 September, 2018
    World
    Rwandan leader Kagame releases opposition leader from prison

    Victoire Ingabire freed along with 2,000 other prisoners

  • Wednesday, 20 June, 2018
    David Pilling
    America must allow Rwanda to make its own choices

    The country should be free to build up its clothing industry without US threats

  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
    World
    Rwanda urges France to admit alleged complicity in 1994 genocide

    Paris officials accused of covering up role in arming and then shielding perpetrators

  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2017
    African politics
    African court rules Rwandan opposition leader’s rights violated

    Lawyers say ruling shows President Kagame is using legislation to punish opponents

  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2017
    World
    Rwandan activist charged with insurrection after attempted challenge to Kagame
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2017
    World
    Rwandan rights group calls for release of Paul Kagame critic

    Former presidential hopeful Diane Rwigara missing since being taken in by police

  • Sunday, 27 August, 2017
    World
    Transcript: Rwanda President Paul Kagame

    The three-term president discusses his early life and the transformation of the east African country after the 1994 genocide

  • Sunday, 27 August, 2017
    The Big ReadWorld
    Interview: Kagame insists ‘Rwandans understand the greater goal’

    To some, the president ended the country’s genocide and launched an economic revolution — to others, he is suppressing dissent

  • Saturday, 5 August, 2017
    World
    Rwanda’s Paul Kagame secures third term with 98% of vote

    Former rebel leader will rule the landlocked African nation for another seven years

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