Britain on track for worst year on record for migrant boat crossings as Home Office blames good weather... but Labour is slammed for scrapping Rwanda deterrent

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 21:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Britain is on track for the worst year to date when it comes to migrant boat crossings as the Home Office lays blame on better weather for higher numbers.

Rwanda president stuns CNN's Larry Madowo with response to Trump's USAID bloodbath

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 13:57 UTC

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Rwanda's president stunned CNN's Larry Madowo with his response to President Donald Trump's brutal move to dismantle the US Agency for International Development.

UN warns against regional spread of DR Congo conflict

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 20:35 UTC

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'Worst may be yet to come' says UN human rights chief as DRC and Rwanda deny responsibility and blame one another.

‘A crying need’: Goma hospitals plead for blood donors after M23 assault

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 21:17 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Facilities overwhelmed by wounded people and unable to get supplies in or transport patients out

Patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds have crammed into overwhelmed hospitals in Goma in the Democr…

Keir Starmer's Brexit pointman vows to never abandon European human rights laws

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

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Nick Thomas-Symonds attacked the Tories for challenging the authority of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by pursuing the Rwanda deportation scheme.

Pressure grows on EU to freeze minerals deal with Rwanda over DRC fighting

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 21:49 UTC

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Belgium leads calls for suspension of agreement after Rwanda-backed rebels captured city of Goma

The EU is under mounting pressure to suspend a controversial minerals deal with Rwanda that has been bl…

Another major war is looming – and western support for Rwanda is fuelling it | Dino Mahtani

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 15:53 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are seizing control of areas within the DRC. This will only escalate unless western governments act

As if this world needs more bloodshed, here comes another major war knocki…

‘I curse this war’: hunger and fear in Goma after rebel takeover

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 15:53 UTC

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M23 rebel group swept into Congolese city after a rapid advance in recent weeks

People living in Goma on the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern border with Rwanda have spoken of their fear and…

Rwanda illegally occupying DR Congo, minister tells BBC

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 11:32 UTC

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A Rwandan spokesperson denies the charges, saying it is trying to prevent the conflict spilling over.

The Guardian view on conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a disaster with many makers

found 2025 › Jan › 29 (Wed) @ 20:45 UTC

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Western resource-hunger has fuelled a vast humanitarian crisis. Donors must now press Rwanda to pull back from this war

There are bodies on the streets, hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing and …