Leaving the ECHR would not free the UK of the obligation not to send people to a place of harm.
Burundian military officers arrive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to tackle the rise of militias in the region.
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The RED-Tabara armed group operates out of the DRC’s volatile eastern region, which shares a porous 243km border with Burundi.
US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright (L), UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali (R) after a meeting with US President Clinton in 1994 to discuss the situation in Rwanda.
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Rwanda is touted as one of the leading nations when it comes to strides toward gender equality. But the role of female ‘rescuers’ in the 1994 genocide is being downplayed.
A woman carrying a child looks at a wall in Kigali with names of the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
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The 1994 Rwanda genocide has left lasting scars. Children born of sexual violence and mothers have shown immense strength in overcoming their histories of violence.
A person holds a candle at a night vigil during the 100-day commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
People protest against the conflict in eastern DRC during an African Union assembly in Addis Ababa on 17 February 2024.
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The international effort to address three decades of violence in eastern DRC has drawn in the UN, east African troops and now a southern African force.
Suella Braverman’s dream of a Rwanda deportation flight ends here.
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The international community has also failed to protect civilians in Syria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Myanmar and Ethiopia, a genocide expert writes.
A soldier guards a camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2023.
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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.