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The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) (in Kinyarwanda Ingabo z'u Rwanda) is the national army of Rwanda. Largely composed of former Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) soldiers, it comprises (a) the High Command Council of the RDF; (b) the General Staff of the RDF; (c) the Rwanda Land Force; (d) the Rwanda Air Force; and (e) specialised units. In November 2002 Emmanuel Habyarimana was removed from his post as Minister of Defence, which government spokesperson Joseph Bideri attributed to his "extreme pro-Hutu" views. Habyarimana was replaced by Marcel Gatsinzi.

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  • Rwandan Defence Forces
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  • The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) (in Kinyarwanda Ingabo z'u Rwanda) is the national army of Rwanda. Largely composed of former Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) soldiers, it comprises (a) the High Command Council of the RDF; (b) the General Staff of the RDF; (c) the Rwanda Land Force; (d) the Rwanda Air Force; and (e) specialised units. In November 2002 Emmanuel Habyarimana was removed from his post as Minister of Defence, which government spokesperson Joseph Bideri attributed to his "extreme pro-Hutu" views. Habyarimana was replaced by Marcel Gatsinzi.
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Branches
  • Army, Air Force, Reserve Force
current form
  • 1994(xsd:integer)
commander-in-chief
commander-in-chief title
Commander
  • Gen.
Fit
  • 1685066(xsd:integer)
Country
  • Rwanda
Name
  • Rwanda Defence Force
Available
  • 2625917(xsd:integer)
History
  • Rwandan Civil War
  • First Congo War
  • Second Congo War
  • Dongo conflict
  • Six Day War (Kisangani)
minister title
Headquarters
  • Post Box 23, Kigali
Minister
  • Gen. James Kabarebe
native name
  • Ingabo z'u Rwanda
percent GDP
  • 2.9
manpower data
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
commander title
  • Chief of Defence Staff
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  • 2608110(xsd:integer)
fit f
  • 1749580(xsd:integer)
manpower age
  • 16(xsd:integer)
Founded
  • 1962(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) (in Kinyarwanda Ingabo z'u Rwanda) is the national army of Rwanda. Largely composed of former Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) soldiers, it comprises (a) the High Command Council of the RDF; (b) the General Staff of the RDF; (c) the Rwanda Land Force; (d) the Rwanda Air Force; and (e) specialised units. In November 2002 Emmanuel Habyarimana was removed from his post as Minister of Defence, which government spokesperson Joseph Bideri attributed to his "extreme pro-Hutu" views. Habyarimana was replaced by Marcel Gatsinzi. After the successful conquest of the country in 1994 in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide, the Rwandan Patriotic Front decided to split the RPF into a political division (which retained the RPF name) and a military division, which was to serve as the official army of the Rwandan state in two distinct and independent institutions. Defence spending continues to represent an important share of the national budget, largely due to continuing security problems along the frontiers with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, and lingering concerns about Uganda's intentions towards its former ally. The government has launched an ambitious plan to demobilize thousands of soldiers resulting in a standing military of 33,000 and another 2,000 paramilitary strong force - a decrease from 70,000 in just a decade. During the First and Second Congo War, the RPF committed wide scale human rights violations and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according the United Nations Mapping Report.United Nations Mapping Report: DRC 1993-2003 Four serving army officers of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) were indicted in June 2008 for crimes committed during the 1994 genocide.
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