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The UK government is briefing that a remote patch of land in the South Atlantic could become a processing hub for people crossing the Channel in small boats.
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Digital tax filing can improve accuracy and timeliness but it doesn’t always translate into higher tax revenue.
Paul Kagame at a commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda in April 2023.
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The circumstances, challenges and history of Rwanda are intertwined with Paul Kagame’s own life story.
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Kabuga’s release raises questions about the international community’s commitment to delivering justice for genocide victims.
Africa’s secondary school enrolment rates still lag far behind those of other world regions’.
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The introduction of free education should follow a gradual process, starting with the lowest levels.
Forced return of irregular African migrants from Europe is affecting political relationships in the two regions.
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The forced return of migrants by European states has ignored pressures and interests of African countries of origin.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
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It’s a near certainty that Kagame will be here for some time to come; but as Rwanda looks to the future, it may need or indeed demand a change of guard.
South Sudanese soldiers prepare for deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule attached, launches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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As signatories, Nigeria and Rwanda are demonstrating their commitment to safe, sustainable use of outer space. This should have multiple benefits.
Nigerien police processing Emergency Travel Mechanism evacuees in Niamey, Niger in 2019.
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Plans by European states to outsource their asylum procedures to African states often fail and don’t offer political alternatives to asylum in Europe.
Kagame prefers partnership with successful European football clubs to market Rwanda.
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With Africa’s solid support and his pro-west military and policy adventures, Kagame is able to take on critics.
Burundian military personnel arrive at Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 5 March, 2023.
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Insecurity, especially in the DRC’s South Kivu, is considered a serious threat by Burundi’s army.
A forensic anthropologist analyses exhumed bones removed from a mass grave in one of Guatemala City’s largest cemeteries, La Verbena, in 2011.
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Forensic anthropologist Alexa Hagerty’s work faced her with the brutality of the genocides in Guatemala and in Argentina’s “Dirty War” – and with the bureaucratic violence of state institutions.
Paul Rusesabagina receives the Medal of Freedom from US President George W Bush in 2005.
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Rusesabagina’s release portrays Rwanda’s president as a pragmatist – one willing to negotiate once a security threat is neutralised.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Rwandan minister for foreign affairs, Vincent Biruta, sign an enhanced partnership deal in Kigali, during her visit to Rwanda in March 2023.
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Anthropological fieldwork into ‘outsourced’ asylum measures in Nauru and Guatemala reveal how they actually work - and don’t work - in practice.
Banyamulenge community members at the funeral of one of their own in eastern DRC.
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The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
Burkina Faso servicemen hold portraits during the burial of soldiers killed in an Al-Qaeda attack in Gaskinde in October 2022.
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The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
SpaceX’s Starlink service is slowly arriving in Africa, starting with Nigeria and Rwanda.
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Internet access opens up the world in many ways.
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Rwanda has built a healthcare delivery system on primary healthcare with individuals and communities at the centre.
Tottenham Hotspur play Arsenal in a Premier League match in 2023, kit heavily branded.
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Many feel the money could be better spent developing local sport.