In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by a day spa and a shawarma joint, sits a two-storey building with blue tinted windows reflecting the summer sun.
It is the modest headquarters of Canadensys Aerospace, where Canada is charting (...)
Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's hard-right Reform UK party, said on Tuesday that if he wins the next general election, the country will leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and immediately detain and deport anyone who arrives (...)
The US has reached bilateral deportation agreements with Honduras and Uganda as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration, according documents obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS. Uganda has agreed to take an unclear number of African and Asian (...)
M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in late 2021, Human Rights Watch has said in a report.
This is despite a peace process, (...)
The UK and France have agreed on a new pilot scheme allowing some migrants who cross the English Channel in small boats to be returned to France – a move UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes will signal a stricter stance on illegal (...)
JEDDAH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's position of resolving conflicts through diplomatic means. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet session in Jeddah.
In a statement to the Saudi (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia welcomed the signing of the peace agreement between the Rwanda Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo, facilitated by the United States of America.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's hope (...)
Rwanda says it is pulling out of a central African regional bloc after a diplomatic row over its involvement in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The country was supposed to take up the chairman role of the Economic (...)
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years.
The 69-year-old said that "by unleashing human potential through health and education, every (...)
The UN's humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. In an interview with the BBC, Tom Fletcher said he believed this had led to a change in the international response to Gaza. Asked if his (...)
A federal judge has warned that US President Donald Trump's administration could be held in contempt of court for deporting a group of migrants to South Sudan.
Judge Brian Murphy said the removals could violate his order last month barring the US (...)
A US judge in Boston ordered a temporary block on the Trump administration's plan to deport migrants to Libya, saying it would "clearly violate" a prior order he made that ensures their right to due process. The order came after two US officials (...)
Rwanda is in the "early stage" of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungireh has said.
His comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (...)
WASHINGTON—Saudi Arabia has welcomed the signing of a declaration of principles between the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda last Friday in Washington.
The Kingdom appreciates the diplomatic efforts made by all (...)
A Rwandan beekeeper living in the US has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in his country.
Faustin Nsabumukunzi is accused of committing "heinous acts of violence abroad" when he served as a local leader at the start of (...)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that more than 24,000 individuals with no legal right to remain in the UK have been returned since Labour came to power — the highest figure in eight years.
Speaking at the opening of the (...)
Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Brussels has been leading calls for European nations to sanction Rwanda (...)
Jòrdan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The 25-year-old clung on to a black bin bag with some possessions as he used the strong (...)
Heshima winces in pain as he tries to shift his weight, sweat beading on his face. The slight 13-year-old sits on a bed in a tent in the grounds of an overcrowded hospital in Goma city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Heshima's left (...)
RIYADH — A high-level delegation from the Federation of Saudi Chambers will begin a visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda on Monday. The delegation will hold meetings with senior government officials in in the three African countries as well as the (...)
The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on Tuesday.
In a statement, the group – which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels – cited "humanitarian reasons" for the (...)
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed to restore government authority in the east, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of the city of Goma and are reportedly advancing south to take more territory.
In a televised address to (...)
Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan said at a press conference on Monday that (...)
Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country.
On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported (...)
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
The gold and money were hidden under the seats of the vehicle they were traveling in, according to (...)
