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UK court to rule if deportation flights to Rwanda can restart
Under a deal struck in April, Britain aims to send tens of thousands of migrants who arrive on its shores illegally more than 4,000 miles (6,4000 km) to Rwanda. The first planned deportation flight was blocked in June by a last-minute injunction from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

Rwanda reports six confirmed Omicron cases; imposes shutdowns, quarantine rules
The people of Rwanda are facing a reinforcement of Covid-19 restrictions after the detection of 6 Omicron cases.

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina convicted on terror charges
Rwandan prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Rusesabagina, the 67-year-old former hotelier credited with saving hundreds of lives during the 1994 genocide, and whose actions inspired the Hollywood film.

Fashion designer Eli Gold unveils colourful African prints to embrace migration
At an event in Johannesburg to celebrate Africa Day, Rwandan-born fashion designer and visual artist Eli Gold who is also known as Nyambo MasaMara, showed off his collection of colourful African prints called 'Migration Is Beautiful, Destroy All Borders', which is a call to embrace migration

UK bans direct flights to and from UAE, Dubai to London's airline route suffers
Britain adds the United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda to its coronavirus travel ban list, shuts down the world's busiest international airline route from Dubai to London, due to worries over the spread of a more contagious and potentially vaccine resistant Covid-19 variant
