Corporal Justin Kanyana was all smiles when asked if it is difficult being a uniformed woman peacekeeper. This year’s theme for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers marked May…
Rwanda Peacekeeping
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International
Some People Are Sceptical Being Flown By A Female Pilot – RDF’s Lt Mwiza
by Edmund Kagire 1:48 pmWhen she graduated from Akagera Aviation Training School in March 2016, Lt Ariane Mwiza emerged among the best students out of the 14 Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) pilots who completed…
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Rwanda has this morning sent 240 police contingents for the rotational exercise in the UN peace keeping mission in South Sudan. The contingent, aboard Rwandair of which an estimate 30%(72)…
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Regional
Rwanda National Police Complete Rotation of Peacekeepers to South Sudan
by Williams Buningwire 12:47 pmRwanda National Police(RNP) have deployed 240 police force for a one-year peacekeeping mission under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Commissioner of Police (CM) Jean Bosco Kabera, Police…
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Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff Gen Patrick Nyamvumba on Tuesday held talks with Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin Archange Touadéra. Gen Nyamvumba also concluded an official…
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International
RDF Sends a Contingent To Bangladesh for Peace Support Exercise
by KT Press Staff Writer 10:52 pmA Contingent of 40 Personnel of Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) will on February 23rd depart to Bangladesh for a Multinational Peace Support Operations (PSO) Exercise, RDF officials have said. Rwanda is…
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The Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) has resumed deployment of a mechanized infantry unit to South Sudan capital Juba to serve under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a…
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NationalNewsSpecial Reports
RDF: The Destabiliser or Peacemaker?
by & Dias Nyesigaby & Dias Nyesiga 10:41 pmInside Rwanda army that has attracted anger and accolades It was Saturday 15h50 on September 1, 2012 when 357 Special Forces troops arrived at the Rwanda-DR Congo border. They had…