Rwanda

The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen David Muhoozi has reiterated Uganda’s commitment to live peacefully with all its neighbors. He said this while briefing a cross section of Defence Attachés and Advisors accredited to Uganda at…

The Ugandan President HE General Kaguta Yoweri Museveni has said the closure of the borders by Rwanda is a ‘hiccup’ that will not slow down the region.

Rwandan nationals are stealthily buying land in Uganda following the tension between the two neighbouring countries. Rwanda closed its borders with Uganda on February 27 to purportedly expedite the construction of single custom at Gatuna…

Rwandese civilians have continued to defy their government and are accessing Uganda to buy food, clothing and other necessities. Sources say desperate citizens are using panya routes to cross the border into Uganda. The number of…

The family of the murdered former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya celebrated on Thursday after a South African magistrate said the identities of four suspects were known and police said they were “directly linked” to Rwanda’s…

Rwandan Army Commander, Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba has cautioned residents who live along the border to desist from seeking health services in Uganda, promising that medical services will be extended to their areas. The residents have for…

Uganda Red Cross Society - URCS has handed over seven Rwandan asylum seekers to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees - UNHCR. The Rwandan asylum seekers are Eugine Mukeshimana, Sudi Uwiyesenga and their children, Joana Uwase…

On April 6, 1994, the plane was shot down in the Rwandan capital of Kigali with the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. It was the start of the Tutsi genocide and the massacres that claimed at least 1 million lives. VRT NWS looks back, 25…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appointed senior officers in Rwandan Army in the new RDF reshuffle. In the reshuffle that was announced in a radio message on Tuesday evening 09th April 2019, Kagame ordered that Maj Gen Jean Jacques…

A pregnant Rwandan woman yesterday collapsed and died trying to flee Rwanda Army who tried to stop her and others from crossing over to Uganda to look for food. Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman Elly Maate identified the deceased as…