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Infantino re-elected Fifa president until 2027

KIGALI, Rwanda: Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of Fifa until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Infantino Re-elected FIFA President Unopposed, Promising Greater Revenues

Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to be played around the world. Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of football's governing body…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Suella Braverman wasting thousands of taxpayer cash flying to Rwanda for photo op

The Home Secretary is heading to Kigali to drum up publicity for her immigration plans even though ministers have failed to send a single asylum seeker there despite handing £140million to the Rwandan government

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Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president and cites Rwanda's recovery of genocide

Gianni Infantino gave a speech at the opening of the FIFA electoral congress in Kigali in which he bizarrely compared his situation to the plight of the Rwandan people

Daily Mirror

‘To those that love me and those who hate me ... I love you all’- Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president unopposed

Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali today, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to be played around the world.

Irish Independent

Gianni Infantino re-elected FIFA president until 2027

Kigali (AFP) - Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football's governing body on Thursday.

AFP

Fourteen days of mourning declared in Malawi after deadly Cyclone Freddy

In tonight's edition: Malawi launches an international appeal to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy. Fourteen days of mourning have been declared after 225 people died. Also, we speak to the WHO as the Organization calls on rich countries attracting health workers from the continent to manage the brain…

France 24

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Morocco Joins Spain-Portugal 2030 World Cup Bid

King Mohammed VI of Morocco announced on Tuesday that his country had joined the bid by Spain and Portugal to host the centenary World Cup in 2030. King Mohammed made the announcement in a message delivered as he was named the winner of the African Football Confederation 2022 Award of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FIFA confirm major Club World Cup and international fixture changes that will affect Everton and Liverpool

The FIFA Council met in advance of the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on Tuesday afternoon

Liverpool Echo

Nigeria's cash shortage crisis taints election campaign

In tonight's edition: With little more than two weeks to go before Nigeria's presidential election, the tensions caused by a chaotic change in currency have soured the mood. Also, as daily rolling power cuts across South Africa continue to hit the economy hard, President Cyril Ramaphosa declares a state of…

France 24

Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: new book follows their distinct paths

Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban economist. Yet even with this background, reading Tom Goodfellow’s recently published book, Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa, I learned astonishing…

The Conversation

Rwanda arrests six for insulting trailblazing female football ref

Kigali (AFP) - Rwandan authorities on Saturday said they had arrested six people for allegedly hurling insults at a woman who made history as one of the first female referees chosen for the men's World Cup.

AFP

Rwanda football probes verbal abuse of trailblazing female ref

Kigali (AFP) - Rwanda's football federation has launched an investigation after fans hurled insults at the woman who made history as one of the first female referees chosen for the men's World Cup.

AFP

Rwanda fires at Congolese jet accused of airspace violation as Pope prepares DRC visit

The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of an “act of war” after Kigali on Tuesday confirmed its forces had fired at a fighter jet from the DRC that had violated its airspace.

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British-Rwandan choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza explores collective memory in 'Mailles'

With her visceral mix of poetry, song and movement, performance artist and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza finds powerful expression for often unspeakable horrors. Born in Kigali, she was just 12 in 1994 during the genocide of the Tutsi - a story she tells in one of her first shows "Samedi, Détente"…

Radio France Internationale

President Kagame says Rwanda can accept no more refugees from DR Congo

Rwanda can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Paul Kagame has said, stoking further tension between the central African neighbours.

France 24

In DR Congo, M23 rebel threat looms over city of Goma

For several months, the M23 rebel group has been pursuing an offensive in eastern DR Congo. The rebels are drawing ever closer to the provincial capital Goma, a city they conquered and briefly held during their last offensive 10 years ago. Our reporters spoke to residents of Goma who are…

The Independent UK

More pressure on Rwanda as France condemns backing rebels

International pressure is growing on Rwanda as France is the latest party to openly accuse the country of supporting armed rebels in neighboring eastern Congo _ with possible repercussions for foreign aid that Kigali has long enjoyed

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The Guardian - UK

The Rwanda deportation scheme might be legal, but it remains deeply shameful

Britain’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has got the go-ahead just as the African country edges towards ‘pariah state’ territory, says author Michela Wrong

Radio France Internationale

Inter-Congolese dialogue opens as East Africa Community seeks to end DRC rebel activity

A fresh round of EAC-led talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and armed militia operational in the eastern DRC has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi without, however, the presence of the M23 Tutsi rebel group that Kinshasa says is being supported by Kigali.

AFP

DR Congo army clashes with rebels as Angola pursues peace bid

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - M23 rebels and DR Congo troops clashed heavily in North Kivu province on Friday as Angola's president pursued diplomatic efforts to bring peace between neighbours Kinshasa and Kigali.

The Conversation

Hotel Rwanda: a film that proved to be a double-edged sword for Kigali

Paul Rusesabagina is perhaps one of the world’s best known Rwandans. His actions during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were made famous in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda.

AFP

Kenya sending troops to DR Congo to fight rebel advance

Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's President William Ruto announced Wednesday that Nairobi was deploying troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint regional operation against a rebel offensive.

AFP

Kenya sending troops to DRCongo to fight rebel advance

Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's President William Ruto announced Wednesday that Nairobi was deploying troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint regional operation against a rebel offensive.

France 24

Somalia appeals for international aid after deadly attack in Mogadishu

In tonight's edition: The clean-up continues in Somalia's capital Mogadishu as the death toll from the weekend's bombing claimed by Al Shabaab rises to at least 116. The government is appealing for international help. Also, thousands join an anti-Rwanda march in DR Congo after Kinshasa expels a diplomat from Kigali.…

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