The UN has been working for 20 years to increase the number of female peacekeepers – but countries that give their troops to the UN are reluctant to put more women in active combat.
Congolese in Goma protest against the UN peacekeeping mission on 26 July 2022.
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A UK plan to move asylum seekers on its shores to Rwanda has been met with stiff opposition from human rights organizations. But the UK persists, and Rwanda is all too willing.
DRC President.
Felix Tshisekedi, left, receives a ceremonial mask from Belgium’s King Philippe in June 2022.
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Violence in the DRC can be brought to an end if the geographical scope of the conflict is broadened to include all neighbouring countries.
Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel (left) and Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta (right) sign a deal on April 14, 2022, that would send some asylum-seekers in the U.K. thousands of miles away to Rwanda.
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The prevailing narrative around migrant smuggling has clouded the public’s understanding of the issue by obfuscating the role smuggling plays in helping refugees gain asylum.
Rwanda has four official languages; Kinyarwanda, English, French and Swahili.
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Colonisation, genocide and changes in official languages have resulted in the hybridisation of languages. A mix of Kinyarwanda, French and English is dubbed kinyafranglais.
The African Union’s Continental Early Warning System was created to anticipate and prevent conflicts, but it’s gone.
A Commonwealth summit in Kigali enables Kagame to position himself at the centre of international diplomatic networks.
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Summit provides opportunity to showcase modernity of Kigali and government achievements.
A peacekeeper protects civilians who fled violent clashes between the army and the ex-rebels of the “M23” in eastern DRC in January 2022.
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Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commander of Uganda’s land forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s son.
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A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel (left), and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, seal asylum seeker deal with a handshake.
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James Hammond, International Livestock Research Institute ; Dan Milner, International Livestock Research Institute e Mark van Wijk, International Livestock Research Institute
Stricter measures had major impacts on farmers’ livelihoods and food security.
Taking on the UK’s migration management is of short-term benefit to Rwanda, a country facing considerable economic hardship.
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Richer nations are increasingly looking to offshore their immigration processing and further their own economic and political interests at the same time.
A group of migrants are guided up the beach after being brought into Kent on a lifeboat.
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