Rwanda summons UK High Commissioner

British High Commissioner to Rwanda, Alison Thorpe On 26 February 2025, during a parliamentary session in the House of Lords, Lord Collins of Highbury, the UK Minister for Africa, was asked about... Read more »

Rwanda regrets sanctions by the UK over Congo conflict 

The punitive measures announced today by the UK Government in response to the conflict in eastern DRC – where the UK has now clearly chosen a side – are regrettable, says the... Read more »

UK, Rwanda discussed ways to enhance parliamentary diplomacy

Alison Thorpe, the UK  High Commissioner to Rwanda, paid a courtesy call on Speaker Kazarwa Gertrude and Deputy Speakers Uwineza Beline and Sheikh Mussa  Fazil. They commended the strong bilateral relations between... Read more »

UK and Rwandan Minister visited Africa centre for resilient cold-chains

Lord Collins, UK Minister for Africa (centre) and Rwanda’s Minister of the Environment, Dr. Valentine Uwamariya (Right) are shown round the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain, University of... Read more »

Faculty members and students from the Royal College of Defence Studies visit RDF HQS

Today, a delegation of 22 faculty and student officers from the Royal College of Defence Studies of the United Kingdom visited Rwanda Defence Force headquarters.  They were received by the RDF Chief... Read more »

First phase of detentions underway for Rwanda relocations-UK Gov’t

The first illegal migrants set to be removed to Rwanda have now been detained, following a series of nationwide operations this week. Operational teams within the UK Home Office have been working... Read more »

President Kagame met with UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame met with Lord Popat, UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy & John Humphrey; UK Trade Commissioner for Africa, who are in Kigali for the ongoing Rwanda-UK... Read more »

President Kagame met with UK Minister of State for Development

President Kagame met with Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP, UK Minister of State for Development, who is in Rwanda for the 19th Kwita Izina, where he named a baby gorilla Mukundwa.  During... Read more »

Rejection by British High Court of appeal lodged by “WSCUK” against the Association Agreement between Morocco and UK: a new setback for the “Polisario”.

The rejection by the British High Court of the appeal lodged by the “polisario” through the NGO “WSCUK” against the Association Agreement between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United Kingdom, constitutes... Read more »

La ministre britannique de l’intérieur à Kigali pour des discussions sur la migration

La ministre britannique de l’intérieur, Suella Braverman, est arrivée à Kigali, la capitale du Rwanda, pour des discussions sur le partenariat pour la migration et le développement économique signé avec le pays... Read more »