Regional Defence Chiefs convene in Kigali for stronger partnership 

Today, the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Chiefs of Defence joined the Experts Working Group at the 33rd Policy Organs meeting running from 16 to 21 December 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. The... Read more »

Rwanda hosts Northern Corridor Integration Projects meeting on defence

Brigadier General Celestin Kanyamahanga, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Senior security officials from the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP) member States (Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda) convened in Kigali for a... Read more »

Rwanda, Brazil to enhance cooperation in defence

Brigadier General Célestin Kanyamahanga, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Rwanda, along with the Rwandan Ambassador to Brazil, Lawrence Manzi, are currently on a working visit to the Republic... Read more »

Defence and security citizen outreach programme 2024 concludes across the country

Today, the three-month Defence and Security Citizen Outreach Programme 2024 which was launched on 1 March 2024, in collaboration with  local governments, concluded across the country. Various ministers oversaw the closing ceremony... Read more »

Minister of Defense, Chief Army met Director of EASF Secretariat

Today, on 25 March 2024, the Minister of Defense, Juvenal Marizamunda together with the Rwanda’s Chief Army General Mubarakh Muganga received Brigadier General (Rtd) Paul Kahuria Njema, Director of Eastern Africa Standby... Read more »

Rwanda attended the 37th Sectoral Council on Cooperation in Defence in Tanzania

Today, a delegation from the Rwanda Defence Force, led by Juvenal Marizamunda, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Rwanda, and Major General Vincent Nyakarundi, the Army Chief of Staff, attended... Read more »

37th Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council in Defence underway in Arusha

The 37th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Cooperation in Defence Affairs is currently underway at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The five-day meeting started with the Session of the Defence... Read more »

RDF, RNP and partners organise Defence and Security Citizen Outreach Programme 2024

On Friday, 1 March 2024, Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and Rwanda National Police (RNP) will officially launch the “Defence and Security Citizen Outreach Programme 2024” (CORwanda24) activities in partnership with the local... Read more »

The 32nd ordinary EASF policy organs council of Ministers of Defense held in Nairobi

The Ministers of Defense of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Member States held a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, 27January 2024.  The Member States that participated include Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,... Read more »

Minister of Defence, Army Chief met with Israeli Ambassador to Rwanda

The Minister of Defence, Juvenal Marizamunda, and the Rwanda Army Chief, Lieutenant General Mubarak Muganga, received the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Rwanda, Ms. Einat Weiss. They discussed ways of... Read more »