RDF fight

The Central African Republic yesterday enrolled 512 new soldiers into the force after completing five months of basic military training undertaken by Rwanda Defence Force instructors. Among the new soldiers,…

 More than 3,000 RDF soldiers including senior officers, junior officers and other ranks completed a six months advanced infantry training (AIT) at Nasho Basic Military Training Center, in Kirehe district.…

A new act of provocation this evening has cost a soldier of Democratic Republic of Congo’s army FARDC his life. According to a communique from Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), today…

 Mozambique’s Minister for National Defence, Maj Gen Cristóvão Artur Chume, along with Army commander of the Mozambican Armed Forces, Maj Gen Tiango Alberto Nampele on January 5, visited Rwanda Security…

Senior Presidential Advisor on security, General James Kabarebe has asked young Rwandans to contribute to the country’s development so as to enable Rwanda reach goals which were fought for during…

It is one of the most important dates on Rwanda’s social, political, not to say historical calendar, yet it always seems to arrive quietly, without fanfare, almost taking people by…

On Monday, President Paul Kagame promoted Major-General Innocent Kabandana, who until recently was commanding the operations of  Rwandan security forces in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, to the rank of Lieutenant-General. According…

The Rwanda Defence Force(RDF) has requested the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism(EJVM) to investigate cross-border shelling on Rwanda’s territory by Force Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo(FARDC). The communique further…

President Paul Kagame has arrived in Mozambique for a 2-day working visit where he is expected to meet his counterpart Filipe Nyusi among other meetings. On Saturday, President Kagame and…

The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) today graduated a basic military course at Nasho Basic Military Training Centre. The young men and women who graduated demonstrated to the RDF leadership the…

President Kagame has said that Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) is trained and prepared to fight wars but not to start or cause them. Speaking on Friday after officiating the Officer Cadet Commissioning…

Maj Gen Jerome Ngendahimana, the former RDF Reserve Force Deputy Chief of Staff, Brig Gen Augustin Kashaija and Brig Gen Rugumya Gacinya are among the 816 personnel who have retired…