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article 10 May 2013 World, Rwanda
Rwanda cyclist Adrien Niyonshuti was the first cyclist to compete in the Olympics for Rwanda (R)
Fatima Manji by Fatima Manji Team Rwanda: from genocide to the Olympics

Twenty years after the genocide, Adrien Niyonshuti became the first Rwandan cyclist to compete in the Olympics. He tells Channel 4 News about his journey and his part in a new film about the team.

article 25 March 2013 World, Rwanda
Angelina Jolie and William Hague have embarked on a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to fight rape as a weapon of war (picture: Reuters)
Cathy Newman by Cathy Newman Warzone rape: Angelina Jolie and William Hague fly to Africa

Angelina Jolie and William Hague fly into the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of their battle against the use of rape as a weapon of war.

article 18 March 2013 World, Rwanda
Bosco Ntaganda, who has been wanted by the ICC for six years, hands himself in in Rwanda (picture: Reuters)
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda hands himself in

Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", hands himself into the US Embassy in the Rwandan capital.

post 30 November 2012
News Read more on FactCheck with Cathy Newman FactCheck Q&A: The shady regimes that still get UK aid

Rwanda will see its aid budget reduced amid allegations it is helping rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Who else gets our money - and are their hands clean?

article 30 November 2012 UK, Rwanda
Decision to stop UK aid to Rwanda a big moment
Jonathan Miller by Jonathan Miller Decision to stop Rwanda aid 'marks start of new era'

The halting of aid to Rwanda is "Britain throwing down the gauntlet", writes Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller who investigated alleged military interference in Congo for Dispatches on Monday.

article 30 November 2012 World, Rwanda
Britain is withholding £21m of aid to Rwanda amid concerns that the state is supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it was announced today.
UK halts £21m Rwanda aid over DR Congo claims

Britain is withholding £21m of aid to Rwanda amid concerns that the state is supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it was announced today.

article 27 November 2012 World, Rwanda
M23 rebels 'withdraw' from Congo (Getty)
M23 rebels to 'withdraw' from eastern Congo

The leader of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo agrees to withdraw from the eastern cities of Goma and Sake, according to Uganda's military chief.

article 26 November 2012 UK, Rwanda
Rwanda President Paul Kagame. (Reuters)
Jonathan Miller by Jonathan Miller Lord Lawson: 'Britain is funding Africa's next tyrant'

Former chancellor Lord Lawson condemns the Conservative-led coalition's rising aid payments to Rwanda, a country which he says is run by "an unscrupulous monster", writes Jonathan Miller.

article 25 November 2012 UK, Rwanda
M23 rebels, Rwanda, Congo. (Getty)
Jonathan Miller by Jonathan Miller Rwanda: Where has your aid money gone?

Exclusive: A former ally of the Rwandan president warns that British aid is bankrolling an unaccountable, repressive regime accused of war crimes in neighbouring Congo, writes Jonathan Miller.

article 25 November 2012 World, Rwanda
Rwanda: Descent into tyranny.
Jonathan Miller by Jonathan Miller Rwanda timeline: Descent into tyranny

Channel 4 News plots the chronology of major incidents in Rwanda since 2010. Many other attacks on democratic freedoms and threats against individuals have taken place.