Lions return to Rwanda

A plane containing seven lions transported from South Africa arrives in Kigali airport. Rwanda has reintroduced the predators after they were wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide. Photograph: Stephanie Aglietti/AFP/Getty Images Groggy on their paws after waking from tranquillisers, lions have returned to Rwanda for the first time since the endangered animal was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide.