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Activities

The Ministry of Defence carries out a wide range of activities, all aimed at strengthening Rwanda’s security and wellbeing.

 

National Development

As with any other army, the primary responsibility of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) is to defend the territorial integrity of Rwanda and to safeguard its national sovereignty.

Military Training

The RDF considers education and training programmes as the primary means of ensuring in-service development and maintaining a high level of professionalism…

Formal Education

An important feature of the RPA was that large numbers of fighters had abandoned their secondary school and university studies to join the liberation war…

Gender Desk

One of the most important steps in the process of modernization that Rwanda Defence Force has accomplished during the last years has been the incorporation of women and girls in the Army…