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F1 Is Returning To Africa With A New Track

Rwanda’s Bugesera circuit near Kigali must reach FIA Grade 1 standards before the planned African Formula 1 Grand Prix can join the calendar.

Motor1 · Oct 14

Five key takeaways from F1's big African Grand Prix reveal in Rwanda

With the announcement of an African Grand Prix in the early 2030s, Formula 1 is finally set to head back to the African continent after a hiatus of over three decades. Autosport was among the select media on the ground in Kigali to explore how the event will work, and…

Autosport · Oct 13

The real details and dilemmas behind F1’s historic ‘African Grand Prix’ in Rwanda

IN FOCUS: F1 has announced a long-heralded return to Africa, with Rwanda pipping South Africa to hosting a grand prix in the “early 2030s.” Yet amid human rights and sportswashing concerns, the sport and the East African country will have several doubters to appease. Kieran Jackson reports

The Independent UK · Oct 13

US shows ‘increasingly blatant’ bias over DRC peace deal, says Rwandan minister

The fragile peace process between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo is under renewed pressure, as the United States imposes fresh sanctions over alleged links to mineral trafficking from areas controlled by M23 rebels. Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe tells RFI Kigali is being unfairly blamed – arguing that…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 2

Rwanda does not have 'political will' to honour peace deal, DR Congo minister says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, DR Congo's government spokesperson and Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya accused Kigali of not having the "political will to implement" the 2025 US-brokered peace deal between the two countries. Muyaya also called for stronger international pressure on Rwanda. "The United States should use more…

France 24 · Jul 1

DR Congo conflict: Rwandan FM 'disappointed by increasingly biased US mediation'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said his country is "disappointed by the increasingly biased US mediation" in the conflict with DR Congo. He also accused the US of sanctioning Kigali alone while Kinshasa fails to honour the 2025 Washington Accords between the two countries.

France 24 · Jun 29

Court rejects Rwanda's €115 million claim against UK over scrapped migrant deal

In 2022, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sealed a deal with Kigali to send migrants arriving in Britain via "dangerous or illegal journeys" in small boats or lorries to Rwanda.

Euronews · Jun 1

‘Forgiveness has to be lived out’: says Rwanda's Cannes laureat Dusabejambot

Rwandan director Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambot has become the country's first filmmaker to win the Camera d’Or for best first feature at the Cannes film festival, with Ben’Imana. The Kigali-based director talks to RFI about exploring how survivors and perpetrators continued living side by side in the year’s following the 1994 genocide…

Radio France Internationale · May 25

Rwanda tries to protect farmland in Africa's most densely populated nation

Rwanda has started to use satellite imagery and strict land rules to protect farmland in its capital, Kigali, as development expands

The Independent UK · Apr 8

Rwanda takes UK to court seeking £100m over failed migrant deal

Rwanda is seeking more than £100 million it says the United Kingdom still owes from a scrapped 2022 deal to deport migrants, in a case that opened on Wednesday at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 19