For Alain Kajangwe (MS20), a typical day goes as follows: in the morning, he drops off his kids at school and heads to his office as CEO of WiredIn, a company he co-founded in 2014 specializing in offshore software development services for international clients primarily in Japan, Rwanda… Esther believes in a life of service to others as she works to help shape the rebuilding of a country and a community that is recovering from the ruinous Genocide of 1994. Formats The files have been compressed and grouped in ZIP files. Rwanda, one of the world's poorest countries, offers to take in migrants detained in Libya. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPlease be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsMigrants who are returned to Libya after attempting to cross the Mediterranean are held in detention centresLibya airstrike: Migrant detention centre hit in airstrike, killing 60Rwanda offers to take in migrants detained in Libya
Esther believes in a life of service to others as she works to help shape the rebuilding of a country and a community that is recovering from the ruinous Genocide of 1994.Born in the early 90s, just before Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, Ms Esther Ndacyayisenga lived through a tough period in Rwanda’s history when around one million lives were taken in just 100 days, which greatly destroyed families and communities. Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ethiopia and Rwanda: a qualitative exploration of the role of social norms Read more Read article . The Republic of Rwanda is a land-locked country located in central Africa. Rwanda has also made big strides towards gender equality – almost 64% of parliamentarians are women, compared to just 22% worldwide – which has enabled women in the country to make economic advances. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Rwandan officials have offered to help evacuate refugees being held in dire conditions in Libyan detention centres.The central east African country, which is nine times smaller than the UK, is one of the world’s least developed states according to the United Nations (UN).However, assisted by the African Union and the UN’s refugee agency, it has agreed to serve as a base of operations for an initial group of 500 refugees and migrants from a number of African countries being held in Libya - where UN officials say some 4,700 people are currently being detained in "dire conditions".Evacuation flights are due to begin in the coming weeks, with the majority of voluntarily released detainees originally coming from the Horn of Africa countries to the continent’s east.In a joint statement between the government of Rwanda, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the African Union, a spokesperson said: “While some may benefit from resettlement to third countries, others will be helped to return to countries where asylum had previously been granted, or to return to their home countries if it is safe to do so.Migrants carry the remains of their belongings from among rubble at a detention centre for African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of Libyan capital Tripoli on July 2Security and emergency responders work at the site of an airstrike that hit a detention centre for African migrants near Tripoli, Libya on June 2Security and emergency responders work at the site of an airstrike that hit a detention centre for African migrants near Tripoli, Libya on June 2The point of impact of a bomb that was dropped on a detention centre for African migrants near Tripoli, Libya on June 2Blood stains are seen among debris following an airstrike that hit a detention centre for African migrants near Tripoli, Libya on June 2A woman picks up clothes among rubble at a detention centre for African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of Libyan capital Tripoli on July 2Migrants gather outside following an airstrike on the detention centre in the Tajoura suburb of Libyan capital Tripoli on July 2A man carries his belongings from among rubble at a detention centre for African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of Libyan capital Tripoli on July 2Migrants sit together with their remaining belongings in the yard of the detention centre that was hit by an airstrike in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on July 2“Some may be given permission to remain in Rwanda subject to agreement by the competent authorities.”Since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has served as a key point of departure for migrants and refugees looking to travel to Europe as they flee war and poverty across the continent.Embroiled in a civil war since 2014, people smugglers have taken advantage of the chaos by offering to take hundreds of thousands of people on dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean.Tracking group the Missing Migrants Project has recorded more than 15,000 deaths through the central Mediterranean route alone since the war began.The number of people making the voyage reached its peak in 2015, when more than a million people attempted to cross the sea.