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Earlier this year, world leaders began the process of committing to and endorsing the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The declaration is a high-level statement meant to mobilise the necessary political will, community commitment, financial resources, and individual action to end NTDs. The Kigali Declaration will be launched at…

Bangkok Post

Commonwealth leaders head to Rwanda for first summit since 2018

Key issues will include trade, the fate of the organisation after Prince Charles becomes king, and the British deportation scheme

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese trafficking victims must stay in detention, judge rules

Three men, who were tortured and had been at risk of being put on UK flight to Rwanda, say being locked up is worsening trauma

The Guardian - UK

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UK to ask European Court of Human Rights to reconsider Rwanda flight decision

The expected first flight in the controversial policy was grounded on June 14.

The Independent UK

East African leaders send regional force to eastern Congo

East Africa’s leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to deploy in eastern Congo and ordering an immediate cease-fire

The Independent UK

East African leaders propose deploying regional force to help DRC

EAC meeting convened to discuss sending personnel to eastern DRC where military has been fighting rebels

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel says migrants 'exploiting' Britain as she launches fresh attack on European judges

The European Court of Human Rights effectively grounded a deportation flight to Rwanda last week just minutes before it was due to take off

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Visit Rwanda deal strikes wrong note for Arsenal as sports don't care where cash is from

After winning $4.75m in the first event of the Saudi-sponsored LIV Golf series, South African Charl Schwartzel says he never looks where the money is coming from ... and he is not alone

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth leaders gather in Rwanda as UK refugee plan focuses attention on human rights

For decades, Whitehall has pondered how to make use of the Commonwealth, without tangible results. There was an expectation in some quarters that Brexit would increase its significance to the UK. But it was never clear why this would, in itself, suddenly transform an under-resourced and notoriously unfocused organisation into…

The Conversation

‘I’m appalled’: The artist who put up a giant sign for refugees at sea to read

Nathan Coley has erected an illuminated sign facing out to sea at Newhaven, Sussex – which went up the day the government’s Rwanda plan for refugees was announced. How will the locals react?

The Guardian - UK

Giant puppet Amal is coming to Bristol

Amal’s week-long walk in England comes as lawyers attempt to block Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Bristol Post

Ministers to meet Commonwealth heads

The 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in Rwanda this week, bringing together more than 50 countries.

AAP

DR Congo welcomes deployment of regional force to fight rebels

Kinshasa says it will not accept the participation of Rwandan troops in any regional force to fight the M23 rebels.

Al Jazeera

Refugees, welcome to Schrödinger’s Rwanda

Priti Patel’s illogical thought experiment on asylum seekers is grist to Boris Johnson’s Brexit mill

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Tory minister in Brexit rallying cry after European court blocks Rwanda flight

THE UK Attorney General has issued a rallying cry to “complete Brexit” after the Government’s initial failed attempt to deport people to…

Daily Mirror

Prince Charles fears Rwanda visit will be 'awkward' after he 'slammed migrant policy'

The Prince of Wales will represent the Queen during a Commonwealth meeting in Kigali, but sources say he is anxious his message will be drowned out after it was reported he called Priti Patel's policy "appalling"

The Conversation

Why Commonwealth summit in Kigali won't be the relaunch some were hoping for

Leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia and Southern America – are set to converge on Kigali between 20 June and 25 June 2022 for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of Commonwealth history examines the expectations and limitations of the Kigali conference.

The Independent UK

Attorney General: ‘Time to complete Brexit’ in wake of Rwanda flight grounding

Suella Braverman said she has ‘significant reservations about our relationship with the European Court of Human Rights’.

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The Guardian - UK

It might be a culture war ploy, but Patel’s Rwanda plan is an abhorrence, with real consequences

The circus around the home secretary’s policy stifles debate about how we should alleviate the plight of asylum seekers

Reuters

Suspected militants shoot at bus in southwestern Rwanda, kill two

Two people were killed and six were injured when suspected militants opened fire on a bus in southwestern Rwanda, Rwandan police said.

The National (Scotland)

Rwanda flight grounding 'should have been the end of Tories' cruel policy'

THE grounding of the first flight intended to deport refugees from the UK to Rwanda earlier this week, following a last-minute intervention by the…

Tribune News Service

Congo’s M23 rebels plan to take trading hub Goma

M23 rebels plan to take over the trading hub of Goma on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Rwanda to force negotiations with the Congolese government, according to a report by a United Nations independent group of experts published Friday.

Tribune News Service

Tory pressure builds on Johnson over blocked deportations

Boris Johnson faces growing pressure from his ruling party to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, amid frustration that a court ruling scuppered the government’s flagship immigration plan this week.

Daily Mirror

Security 'cheered' as Rwanda deportation flight halted and refugees let off plane

The flight scheduled to take asylum seekers to Rwanda was grounded at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, Wilts, at the last minute on Tuesday after European judges intervened on human rights grounds

Reuters

Despite Rwanda threat, migrants in Calais still dream of England

In a makeshift tented camp outside Calais, Sudanese refugee Ahmed is keeping his sights firmly set on England, despite the threat of being deported to Rwanda once he gets there.

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