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Sports as a pillar of unity: How Rwandan athletes perceive Liberation Day
In Rwanda, sports have played a vital role in uniting communities. As the country marks 31 years since Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) stopped the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and liberated the country ...
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Liberation: RPA heroic act that set the foundation for a new Rwanda
The actions of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) during and after the liberation war defy easy description. Exceptional? Remarkable? Outstanding? All these words come close but there was one act that ...
AllAfrica on MSN19h
Rwanda: 31 Years After Liberation, Transformation Continues
Rwandans and friends of Rwanda on Friday, July 4 mark the 31st anniversary of liberation (Kwibohora31), celebrating the achievements made since 1994 when the Genocide against the Tutsi was stopped by ...
Rwanda's Kagame Unsure Whether Peace Deal With Congo Will Hold
Rwanda denies helping M23 and says its forces are acting in self-defence against Congo's army and ethnic Hutu militiamen ...
AllAfrica on MSN2d
Rwanda: Nyagatare - Over 2,000 Retrace Rpa's First Steps On Gikoba Trail
More than 2,000 people in Nyagatare District on Wednesday, July 2, embarked on a 21-kilometre march from Nyagatare to Gikoba to honor the hardships endured by Rwanda's liberators over 31 years ago.
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Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide | TIME
In the midsummer of 1994, the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA), which defeated the genocide, was the only authority in town. An effective military machine, the RPA had no experience in public ...
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Rwanda Grants 5-day Holiday to Celebrate Independence, Liberation Days: "Work Will Resume Monday"
Rwanda's Ministry of Public Service and Labour declared a rare five-day public holiday from July 1 to July 6, 2025, to mark ...
Independent Online5mon
Why is Rwanda throwing its weight around Africa? - IOL
Many of the current Rwanda Defence Forces officers fought in the Rwandan Patriotic Army. This was a Tutsi force during the civil war years of 1990-1994. As a result, the troops have expertise in ...
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French probe finds missile fire from military camp downed Rwandan president's plane in 1994 - Star Tribune
More than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred in 100 days of frenzied killing — slaughter that was stopped when Kagame's Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, toppled the ...
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In Rwanda, a formidable soft power system ensures the regime's tranquillity - Le Monde.fr
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye (center of image), and Rwandan President Paul Kagame during a basketball match between the Rwandan Patriotic Army and Senegal's AS, at the Dakar ...
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Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide - AOL
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide on April 7, 1994. A phoenix is rising from the ashes, writes Jonathan M. Hansen. Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide ...