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Rwanda: Stringent Rules Slowdown International Adoption
New Times, 26 August 2019
Despite lifting the ban to allow foreigners or persons outside Rwanda to adopt children in the country two years ago, only two children have since been adopted and another eight… Read more »
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Rwanda: About 900 Children Await Adoption From Orphanages
New Times, 18 January 2018
Four years since the government embarked on a mission to close orphanages and other children's institutions and reintegrate children into family based care, the National Commission… Read more »
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Rwanda: Govt Lifts Ban on Foreign Adoption of Rwandan Kids
New Times, 21 September 2017
Foreigners or persons outside Rwandan can now adopt children in the country, seven years after the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion suspended the so-called inter-country… Read more »
Rwandan Resumes Adoptions But With Much Stricter Laws
The new requirements for international adoptions reportedly include the creation of a central adoption authority, stricter approval processes and providing specific adoption services such as adoption training to the parents.
