Rwanda
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| Capital | Kigali |
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| Dialing code | +250 |
| Presidents | Paul Kagame |
| Population | 12. 21 million (2017) |
| Points of interest | Volcanoes National Park |
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| ID | 734436 |
About Rwanda
Rwanda is a landlocked East African country with a green, mountainous landscape. Its renowned Volcanoes National Park is home to mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. The park encompasses 4,507m-tall Mt. Karisimbi and 4 other forested volcanoes. In the southwest is Nyungwe National Park, with ancient montane rainforest that's a habitat for chimpanzees and other primates.
James Cleverly makes Rwanda vow as Lord Sumption queries plan
...Home Secretary James Cleverly has defended emergency laws to revive plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, as a former Supreme Court justice said the measures would be extraordinary...
Europe migrant crisis: Italy to build migrant centres in Albania
... He also made a reference to the, saying: " We don t know if the centres in Albania will be a sort of Guantanamo, a Lampedusa, a Rwanda - or a bit of all three...
Agoa Forum: Has the US trade pact benefited Africa?
... Why is used clothing controversial? In July 2018, former US President Donald Trump suspended Rwanda s right to export clothing duty-free under Agoa, after the East African nation banned the import of second-hand clothes...
Big moment on small boats problem - but solution is still far off
... The centrepiece of the plan - sending migrants to Rwanda - can t happen at least yet, as it has been challenged in the courts...
Rwanda: Court of Appeal decision raises difficult questions
...By Dominic CascianiHome and legal correspondentThe Rwanda result at the Court of Appeal is the worst possible world for the government in both legal and political terms...
Illegal Migration Bill breaches human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn
... Instead they would be detained and removed, either to Rwanda - with which the UK - or another " safe country"...
COP27: Lack of women at negotiations raises concern
... In 2011 countries pledged to increase female participation at these talks, but the share this year has fallen since a peak of 40% in 2018, Dr Jeanne d Arc Mujawamariya, environment minister for Rwanda - which has 52% women in its cabinet - told the BBC the outcomes of the negotiations will be affected by the lack of women participating...
Rwanda migrant scheme: No evidence that UK policy deters migrants, say MPs
...There is " no clear evidence" that the UK s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will stop risky Channel crossings, a group of MPs has said...
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