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Four mass graves have been discovered in Rwanda. There are probably buried victims of the genocide in 1994, the BBC reports.

Rwanda has offered to receive tens of thousands of African migrants who have been stranded in Libya and live there under severe conditions. The authorities in Kigali took that decision after images had cropped up of men being auctioned in the North African country.

In Rwanda on Saturday the prominent activist Diane Rwigara was arrested, together with her mother and sister. She is suspected of jeopardizing state security, police said Sunday. The women can be held for a maximum of five days before a complaint is to be made.

The Rwandan police arrested Diane Shima Rwigara on Monday the presidential election ruled out. The critics were held together with her mother and sister on suspicion of forgery and tax evasion.

Paul Kagame secured his third term as Rwanda president on Friday. Rwandans again massively voted for 59-year-old Kagame, who made an end to the genocide in the East African country with his 1994 RPF militia, and became president for the first time in 2000.

Almost two hundred countries signed in Kigali for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This concerns in particular gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The decision should ensure the long term that limits the global warming.

Police in Rwanda on Friday three suspected radical Islamists slain and arrested three others. They had two weeks since entrenched in a house in the western district of Rusizi and offered resistance when the police after a tip from residents raided.

Heavy rain has caused over the weekend at various places in Rwanda landslides. The mudslides were definitely 49 people were devastated lives and hundreds of buildings.