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Rwanda

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Capital

Kigali

Head of State

President Paul Kagame

Head of Government

Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente

In China, a growing middle class has led to a boom in coffee sales. In the traditional tea-growing Puer area, in China’s southwest Yunnan province, a staff member pours coffee for guests at the Xiaowazi, or Little Hollow, coffee plantation. Photo: AFP

China-Africa relations

Booming coffee class and zero-tariff policy drive China’s push for African beans

Africa’s coffee exports to China grew 70.4 per cent in the first quarter, with more deals expected to satisfy the discerning middle class.

6 Aug 2025 - 7:17PMvideocam

US immigration

Rwanda says reached deal to take up to 250 migrants deported from US

5 Aug 2025 - 1:19PM

United States

Opinion | Trump’s many victories will prove pyrrhic

31 Jul 2025 - 5:42PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

China faces off against US for domination of DR Congo’s critical minerals

China’s pushback includes envoy to Congo underlining Beijing’s commitment to supporting the central African country address its crises.

28 Jul 2025 - 6:16PM

Cobalt hydroxide produced at the Tenke Fungurume mine. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the world’s second-biggest copper producer and largest source of cobalt, critical minerals used in electric-vehicle batteries and military equipment. Photo: AFP

DR Congo

34 killed in attack on DR Congo church by Islamic State-backed rebels

Dieudonne Duranthabo, a civil society coordinator in Komanda, said volunteers are preparing to bury the victims in a mass grave.

28 Jul 2025 - 11:01AM

Britain

UK braces for potentially volatile summer after anti-immigrant protests

A year after major riots, police warn of escalating tensions fuelled by far-right activism and Channel migrant crossings.

25 Jul 2025 - 2:46PM

Africa

DR Congo, Rwanda-backed rebels sign ceasefire declaration in Qatar

The declaration establishes a ceasefire in eastern Congo and addresses M23 rebel withdrawal from seized territories.

19 Jul 2025 - 7:49PM

M23 soldiers are seen during a public gathering in February. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country’s mineral-rich but conflict-torn east. Photo: AFP

Nobel Prize

My Take | Degraded Nobel Peace Prize standards could mean Trump deserves one

The awarding of the world’s most prestigious prize has been twisted and perverted by politics and often has nothing to do with peace.

13 Jul 2025 - 9:34PM

Africa

Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal, as Trump cheers mineral rights for US

The US-brokered agreement raises hopes for an end to the fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

28 Jun 2025 - 5:27AM

Donald Trump

Trump complains about Nobel Peace Prize snub over Congo-Rwanda peace deal

The US president has confirmed that the two countries will be in Washington next week to sign a deal to end their conflict.

21 Jun 2025 - 9:25AM

US President Donald Trump has complained about being overlooked by the Nobel Peace Prize committee for his efforts in stopping various conflicts around the world. Photo: dpa

Tourism

How Rwanda went from war zone to world leader in luxury ecotourism

Recent stability and smart conservation policies have helped Rwanda emerge as a high-end safari hub in East Africa, where primates thrive.

16 Jun 2025 - 5:45PMvideocam

Mountain gorillas are seen in Rwanda’s Wilderness Bisate Reserve. A vital component of Rwanda’s responsible tourism and conservation strategy came in 2017, when the price of gorilla trekking permits was doubled to US$1,500. Photo: Wilderness Bisate Reserve

Donald Trump

Trump used DR Congo image as proof of dead ‘white farmers’ in South Africa

Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa marred by misidentified footage, debunked by Reuters.

23 May 2025 - 11:18AMvideocam

Britain

UK talking with several countries to host rejected asylum seekers

The British leader is under pressure to reduce immigration and cut the number of irregular migrants arriving on UK shores.

16 May 2025 - 3:10PM

Family offices

Why multifamily offices could yield bigger benefits for Hong Kong

Hong Kong can boost its economy, create jobs and generate positive global image with multifamily offices, Raffles Family Office CEO says.

13 May 2025 - 8:30AM

Raffles Family Office has opened a new office in Hong Kong as it seeks to expand its services for its clients. Photo: Edmond So

China-Africa relations

African mining interests at stake: China wades into DR Congo-Rwanda conflict

As M23 rebels cause havoc in the DR Congo, China has taken the unusual step to speak out. But experts say it isn’t a total policy departure.

20 Apr 2025 - 7:25PMvideocam

After years of fighting and insurgency in eastern DRC, Beijing has urged Rwanda to withdraw troops and end its support of the M23 rebels, pictured in Bukavu, in a departure from China’s non-interference policy. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels make gains in DR Congo’s mineral-rich east

M23’s success comes after a surprise meeting between the presidents of Congo and Rwanda in Qatar, where they pledged to ease tensions.

22 Mar 2025 - 5:14PM

Africa

UN chief warns against regional war over DR Congo at Africa summit

The secretary general demanded that DRC’s ‘territorial integrity’ be respected and a regional war avoided.

15 Feb 2025 - 7:26PM

Africa

African Union summit opens, overshadowed by DR Congo conflict

DR Congo president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.

15 Feb 2025 - 12:30PM

Africa

DR Congo troops pull back as M23 rebels take airport near Bukavu

If the rebels capture the capital of South Kivu province, it would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under their control.

15 Feb 2025 - 2:59AM

Tourism

A Balkans tour led by a Serbian and a Bosnian? The rise of peace tourism

Mejdi Tours takes groups to places like Uzbekistan and Israel led by pairs of locals with opposing religious, political or ethnic views.

14 Feb 2025 - 7:41AM

Africa

DR Congo crisis: African leaders call for ceasefire at Tanzania summit

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in an offensive that has left thousands dead.

9 Feb 2025 - 4:31AM

A graffiti artist spray-paints a mural depicting the ‘Congo’ letters bleeding as tribute to the victims of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, at the Tipo Studio, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Africa

Rwanda ‘welcomes’ proposed summit on DR Congo conflict

The UN and several nations claim that M23, which has taken the major eastern mining city of Goma, is backed by Rwanda.

2 Feb 2025 - 11:12PM

Africa

Congo’s M23 rebels control Goma airport, embassies attacked

The UN and global powers fear the conflict could spiral into a regional war akin to those of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003 that killed millions.

28 Jan 2025 - 10:24PM

Formula One (F1)

‘It’s amazing’: Verstappen collects F1 trophy in Rwanda – after some punishment

The Dutch driver was awarded his fourth winner’s trophy after performing an obligatory “work of public interest” as punishment for swearing.

14 Dec 2024 - 3:05PM

Denmark

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.

27 Aug 2024 - 2:20PMvideocam

Junta supporters wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2022. File photo: AP

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers warned to exercise caution in the UK amid anti-immigration riots

A stabbing attack on July 29 that killed three children and injured 10 others triggered violence that has spread throughout the country.

6 Aug 2024 - 9:55PM

An officer tries to restrain a protester in Liverpool on August 3. The demonstrations were triggered by a mass stabbing incident. Photo: AFP

Britain

UK police to charge 17-year-old with murder over Southport child killings

UK police brace for more violence after knife attack on children sparks riots; suspect also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder.

1 Aug 2024 - 7:53AM

Britain

Patel and Badenoch launch UK Conservative Party leadership bids

Priti Patel and Kemi Badenoch join 4 others, including former home secretary James Cleverly, in race to replace Rishi Sunak as party leader.

29 Jul 2024 - 11:25AMvideocam

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