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Kigali, Ruanda-Urundi. Died. 7 March 2023. (2023-03-07) (aged 75) Brussels, Belgium. Marcel Gatsinzi ( / mɑːrˈsɛl ɡɑːtˈsɪnzi / ⓘ) (9 January 1948 – 7 March 2023) was a Rwandan soldier and politician, who was Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs from 2010 to 2013. Gatsinzi also served as Rwanda's Minister of Defence ...
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF, Kinyarwanda: Ingabo z'u Rwanda, French: Forces rwandaises de défense, Swahili: Nguvu ya Ulinzi ya Watu wa Rwanda) is the military of the Republic of Rwanda. The country's armed forces were originally known as the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR), but following the Rwandan Civil War of 1990–1994 and the Rwandan ...
The Military ranks of Rwanda are the military insignia used by the Rwandan Defence Forces. Rwanda is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Commissioned officer ranks
Date apprehended. August 2002. Augustin Bizimungu (born 28 August 1952) is a Rwandan convicted war criminal and former general of the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). On 16 April 1994, at the start of the genocide against the Tutsi, he was appointed chief of staff of the army and promoted to the rank of major general. [1][2] In 2011, he was ...
Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army. 1. Major general. Déogratias Nsabimana. (1945–1994) April 1992. 6 April 1994 †. 2 years. 2.
The Rwanda Defence Force Military Band Regiment is the ceremonial band that serves both State and Military. Although it represents the defence forces, it falls under the command of the Chief of Defence Staff. Since 2009 the RDF Military Band is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Ndayisabye. The RDF Band is made up of Headquarter and four ...
Operation Kitona. Operation Kitona was a Rwandan/Ugandan offensive that marked the beginning of the Second Congo War. Rwanda hoped to depose Laurent-Désiré Kabila and install a government more favorable to Rwanda's interests by quickly taking control of Kinshasa and the strategic western province of Bas-Congo (today Kongo Central). On August ...
It received support from the government-controlled Radio Rwanda, which initially allowed it to transmit using their equipment. [2] Widely listened to by the general population, it projected hate propaganda against Tutsis, moderate Hutus, Belgians, and the United Nations Mission Assistant for Rwanda . It is regarded by many Rwandan citizens (a ...