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Rwanda is beginning somber remembrances for the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, where over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in a violent attack that lasted more than 100 days.

The UK government is considering a plan to send rejected asylum seekers to Rwanda voluntarily and offering them up to £3,000 ($3,800) to do so. This plan is an expansion of existing voluntary return programs and comes as the government faces challenges with separate proposals to deport other migrants to the […].

A Rwandan court ruled on Wednesday that opposition leader and dissident Victoire Ingabire could not participate in the July presidential elections due to prior convictions for terrorism and denial of genocide. Ingabire, a strong opponent of Rwanda's long-standing President Paul Kagame, served eight years in prison before being pardoned by the president in 2018, cutting short her imprisonment.