HARARE - A Rwandan national, Samuel Habimana, was brutally murdered in his home by armed robbers in Harare on Friday night. The incident has sent shockwaves through the Rwandan community, with many believing it was an assassination orchestrated by the regime of President Paul Kagame in Kigali.
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has said he would return money to the UK if no asylum seekers are sent to his country under his deal with the government. The UK has paid £240m to Rwanda, with a further £50m to come. So far, no asylum seekers have been sent to the country.
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has travelled to neighbouring Uganda to take part in the birthday celebrations of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba. This trip to Uganda, Mr Kagame's first in four years, is being seen as a sign of a cooling of tensions between the two countries.
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire announced Saturday she was launching a new political party, hoping it will be allowed to operate in a country where the ruling regime has no real rival.
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote has said he needs 38 visas to travel within the continent on his Nigerian passport. Many European nationals, meanwhile, waltz into most Africans countries visa-free.African nations were supposed to scrap visa requirements for all African citizens by 2018
