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‘I escaped death a lot of times’: one man’s lifelong work protecting gorillas and communities in Congo ⊕
As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting
Mist hangs l…
15 days ago
EU wants to open deportation hubs in Africa within months in migrant crackdown two years after Britain scrapped Rwanda scheme ○
Several EU nations are looking to set up deportation hubs in Africa within just a few months in a crackdown on migrants.
41 days ago
Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu review – a powerful memoir of postcolonial unease ⊖
A historian and exponent of ‘Rhodes must fall’ explores how political liberation doesn’t always bring personal freedom
To be part of Zimbabwe’s “Born Free” generation was to be handed a promise: that …
42 days ago
US sanctions Rwandan army and top officials for supporting M23 in DRC ⊕
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Kinshasa welcomed the sanctions while Kigali said the US move 'unjustly' targets Rwanda.
62 days ago
I Heal You, You Heal Me | Ep 1 – Rwanda ⊖
In post-genocide Rwanda, fragile encounters see survivors and perpetrators face the past to reopen paths to coexistence.
65 days ago
The Guardian view on the scramble for critical minerals: while powers vie for access, labourers die | Editorial ⊖
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A mining disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo underscores the human cost of extraction. Intensified competition for resources isn’t helping
When Donald Trump boasted recently that he had stopp…
76 days ago
Rwanda sues UK over scrapped asylum seeker deal ⊕
Rwanda began the inter-state arbitration proceedings under the asylum partnership agreement in November.
Rwanda says UK 'intransigence' forced it to sue over funding for scrapped migrant deal ○
The resettlement agreement faced a string of legal challenges, culminating in a November 2023 ruling by the UK Supreme Court that it was illegal under international law.
77 days ago
Rwanda takes legal action against UK over axed migrant deal ⊖
The African nation argues it is owed payments but Downing Street says it will fight the case.