the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF). The RDF is organized into three service branches: Rwandan Land Force, Rwandan Air Force and Rwandan Reserve Force. After...
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The Rwandan Air Force (French: Force aérienne rwandaise) is the air branch of the Rwandan Defence Forces. After achieving independence in 1962, the Air...
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The Rwandan Ministry of Defence (Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Ingabo; French: Ministère de la Défense) is in charge of the Rwanda Defence Force. The Minister...
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2773 that also called on Rwanda to end its support for M23. When the Rwandan Civil War ended in 1994 as a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a Tutsi-led...
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The Chief of the Defence Staff is the highest-ranked officer in the Rwanda Defence Force and is responsible for maintaining control over the branches...
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Patrick Nyamvumba (category Rwandan generals)
2019, he served as the Chief of the Rwandan Defence Force. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2013, he served in Sudan as Force Commander of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation...
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Ambazonia Defence Forces Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Australian Defence Force Bahrain Defence Force Barbados Defence Force Belize Defence Force Botswana...
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M23 campaign (2022–present) (section Rwandan role)
accused the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) of fighting directly alongside the rebels, claiming that local vigilantes had captured two Rwandan soldiers. On...
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Jean Bosco Kazura (category Rwandan generals)
Jean Bosco Kazura is a Rwandan General, former Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force and former head of the Rwandan Football Federation. Kazura...
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on DRC, show numerous calls between CNDP and Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) leadership, as well as the Rwandan presidency. This support was particularly evident...
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James Kabarebe (category Defence ministers of Rwanda)
by the rebels in the DRC. Rwandan Defence Forces Rwandan Patriotic Army First Congo War Second Congo War Cabinet of Rwanda Kinsangani battle (1997) "DEMOCRATIC...
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addition to the well-publicised involvement in this trade of the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF), another important factor in the coltan re-export is that...
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Uganda People's Defence Force "A Rwandan military band performs Oct. 20, 2007, at the Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, for Rwandan soldiers returning...
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Emmanuel Habyarimana (category Defence ministers of Rwanda)
Plateau) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer. Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu, was a former member of the Rwandan Armed Force in the Hutu-dominated...
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First Battle of Kitshanga (category Battles involving Rwanda)
fled the initial fighting towards refugee camps. FARDC accused the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) of aiding M23 in the fighting in Kitshanga. Colonel Guillaume...
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2021 Cabo Delgado offensives (category Battles involving Rwanda)
From July to November 2021, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM) and Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), and belligerents from Southern African Development...
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Rwanda is a de facto one-party state ruled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front and its leader Paul Kagame since the end of the 1994 genocide against members...
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2025 Uvira offensive (category Battles involving Rwanda)
violations of Congolese sovereignty and demanding the withdrawal of Rwandan Defence Force personnel from Congolese territory. On the same day, the United...
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within the Rwandan population. The Rwandan Revolution, which broke out in 1959, had replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a Hutu-led republic, forcing more than...
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process in Rwanda. Some Rwandan Hutu even speculated that the RPF had assisted in the coup. Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), a Rwandan Hutu...
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they refused to stop after being spotted on Rwandan territory, having crossed the frontier to buy beer. Rwandan troops then opened fire killing one DRC soldier...
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2025 Goma offensive (category Battles involving Rwanda)
from Rwanda. UN sources estimated that between 500 and 1,000 Rwandan troops assisted M23 in the Goma area. On January 27, the Congolese and Rwandan soldiers...
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mod.gov.rw. Government of the Republic of Rwanda. Retrieved 12 June 2021. Uniforminsignia.org (Rwandan Army) Uniforminsignia.org (Rwandan Air Force)...
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proxy force against the foreign Rwandan armies operating in the country, in particular the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPF military wing) and Rwanda-backed...
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infantry regiment of the British Army (1678–1959) Rwandan Security Forces, part of the Rwanda Defence Force Republican Security Forces, a fictional fascist...
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Army Ground Force: 300 units as of 2022.: 239 Rwanda Rwanda Defence Force: 6 units as of 2022.: 472 PCL-161 – the successor of PCL-09 "Rwanda unveils new...
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Thai Marine Corps: M758 ATMG - 6 systems + 6 systems on order Rwanda Rwandan Defence Force: at least 5 ATMOS 2000 systems Uganda UPDF Land Forces: 6 systems...
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Defence Force maintains a small navy on Lake Malawi. Mali – maintains a small riverine patrol force as part of its army. Rwanda – The Rwanda Defence Force...
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Rwandan Revolution on Independence Day. The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the government of Rwanda,...
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The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of...
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