Johnson defends asylum seeker Rwanda plan dubbed ‘shamefully cruel’

Johnson defends asylum seeker Rwanda plan dubbed ‘shamefully cruel’

Some 160 charities and the Opposition condemned it,but the British PM says he’ll even enact legal reforms to ensure his Australian-inspired plan isn’t challenged.

  • byCamilla Turner andCharles Hymas

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Boris Johnson to send migrants from the Channel ‘straight to Rwanda’

Boris Johnson to send migrants from the Channel ‘straight to Rwanda’

Britain will adopt Australia’s Pacific solution by shipping those trying to cross from France more than 6000 kilometres offshore to process their claims.

  • byCamilla Turner andCharles Hymas
Queen issues heartfelt message after skipping Commonwealth Day service

Queen issues heartfelt message after skipping Commonwealth Day service

The Queen said she hoped the people of the Commonwealth could “draw strength and inspiration” during these “testing times”.

  • byRob Harris
In milestone,COVAX program delivers billionth shot

In milestone,COVAX program delivers billionth shot

While the vaccine dose,which was sent to Rwanda,is a significant moment for what has become the largest vaccine operation in history,it lags well behind where the scheme hoped to be.

  • byAnne Gulland andSarah Newey
Man who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film found guilty of terrorism-related charges

Man who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’ film found guilty of terrorism-related charges

The outcome of the months-long trial of Paul Rusesabagina will be a surprise to few.

  • byRachel Chason
Freedom’s just another word to the crackpots of the pandemic

Freedom’s just another word to the crackpots of the pandemic

A memory from Rwanda consigns to crackpottery the argument that a decision not to vaccinate during an emergency is a “freedom”.

  • byTony Wright
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Immigrant suspected of killing French priest who sheltered him

Immigrant suspected of killing French priest who sheltered him

An immigrant in France already under investigation for setting the Nantes cathedral on fire last year has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Catholic priest.

  • byElizabeth Pineau andCaroline Pailliez
‘COVAX hasn’t failed but it is failing’:global vaccine drive struggles to compete

‘COVAX hasn’t failed but it is failing’:global vaccine drive struggles to compete

As scant vaccines expire on the tarmac,wealthy nations outbid the international global alliance for supplies while new virus variants emerge.

  • byBenjamin Mueller andRebecca Robbins
In Rwanda,France tries to reset relations with Africa in China’s shadow

In Rwanda,France tries to reset relations with Africa in China’s shadow

There’s a new understanding by an African nation and a former colonial power of a historical crime over the genocide of Tutsis.

  • byNorimitsu Onishi andAbdi Latif Dahir
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was tricked onto plane to Rwanda to face terror charges

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was tricked onto plane to Rwanda to face terror charges

A pastor has told a Rwandan court he tricked exile Paul Rusesabagina onto a plane to Rwanda:“The only person who didn’t know where we were headed was Paul”.

  • byIgnatius Ssuna
‘Missing piece’:Secret cable implicates France in Rwandan genocide

‘Missing piece’:Secret cable implicates France in Rwandan genocide

A telegram that was in the collection of an advisor to former French president François Mitterrand has been declassified after 25 years.

  • byHenry Samuel