TORY PLAN FOR WAR IN 'SAFE NATION' RWANDA
Daily Record|August 26, 2024
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DAVE BURKE
TORY PLAN FOR WAR IN 'SAFE NATION' RWANDA

CONTINGENCY plans for a war in Rwanda were secretly drawn up by government officials - even as the Tories voted that it was a safe country.

Former foreign secretary David Cameron was briefed on a communications strategy demanding that civilians and aid were protected.

The revelation comes days after Robert Jenrick became the first Tory leadership candidate to pledge to resurrect the Rwanda project, which was scrapped by Labour.

Memos obtained by our sister paper the Mirror show Foreign Office preparations were being made in case tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo escalated.

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