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Rwanda has reduced deaths among children under the age of five by more than 80% over the past 25 years, according to the 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS), reflecting major gains in maternal and child healthcare.
The integration of former Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) and former Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) soldiers after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi demonstrated that Rwanda’s greatest enemy was not the soldier on the battlefield but bad governance, Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Karuretwa has said.
Rayon Sports have signed Central African winger Boris Gbenou as the club continues an aggressive recruitment drive ahead of the 2026/27 season.
Rwanda’s men’s national basketball team has been eliminated from the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers after finishing the campaign without a victory, following a 106-62 defeat to Nigeria in their final Group C match.
Rwandan footballer Mukandayisenga Jeannine, popularly known as “KaBoy”, has completed a move to Chinese club Wuhan Jiangda WFC from Tanzania’s Yanga Princess, in a transfer widely described as one of the most significant in the Tanzanian women’s football league.
Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and Rwanda National Police have been commended for extending their role beyond safeguarding peace and national sovereignty to implementing community development projects that are improving livelihoods across the country.
Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) joined members of the Rwandan community in the country to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of Rwanda’s Liberation.
Russia has raised concerns over what it describes as a rapidly evolving conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), warning that the growing use of combat drones and foreign mercenaries is increasing risks to civilians and humanitarian operations.
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has said that the implementation of the Washington peace agreement should not be placed on Rwanda alone, insisting that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must also meet its commitments, particularly the neutralisation of the FDLR armed group.
It has been 32 years since the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) Inkotanyi ended the liberation war that began in October 1990 and concluded in July 1994, a conflict marked by both armed struggle and negotiations aimed at ending the crisis.