By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A Rwandan-born Ohio man was arrested on Thursday on charges he engaged in a three-decade scheme to conceal his involvement in the African nation’s 1994 genocide to enter the United States as a refugee and ultimately gain U.S. citizenship. Federal prosecutors in Boston said that for years, Eric Nshimiye, […]
A court in Rwanda has blocked efforts by prominent opposition figure Victoire Ingabire to lift a ban on her running in July’s presidential election. She was freed in 2018 after spending eight years in prison for threatening state security and “belittling” the 1994 genocide. In Rwanda, people who have been jailed for more than six […]
Former deputy prime minister Therese Coffey has hit back at “keyboard snipers” who claim she did not know Kigali was the capital of Rwanda. In a Commons debate on Wednesday, the Tory MP criticised Labour’s Yvette Cooper for referring to the “Kigali government”. She told MPs the shadow home secretary “cannot even get the name […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has said he would return money to the UK if no asylum seekers are sent to his country under his deal with the government. The UK has paid £240m to Rwanda, with a further £50m to come. So far, no asylum seekers have been sent to the country. Asked why he […]
A Rwandan doctor has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Paris court for his role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Sosthene Munyemana, 68, was found guilty of charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and helping prepare a genocide. His lawyers said that he would appeal against the decision. Munyemana […]