Local authorities said Saturday that about 20,000 pigs raised at the farm will be culled in accordance with quarantine regulations.
The report said local animal health authorities began testing after the farm owner reported pig deaths on Friday. The results, confirmed at around 1 a.m. local time Saturday, showed the pigs had tested positive for ASF. This marks the first ASF case reported in Gangwon province in about 14 months, following the previous outbreak detected in November 2024.
To prevent the spread of the disease, quarantine authorities have dispatched an initial response team and an epidemiological investigation team to the farm. Access to the premises has been restricted, while disinfection and epidemiological investigations are underway.
African swine fever is an acute, highly contagious viral disease affecting pigs, characterized by high fever, severe internal bleeding and a high mortality rate. The disease is not transmissible to humans, but contaminated food, footwear, tools and vehicles can facilitate the spread of the virus.
President Kagame was received on arrival by Guinea’s Prime Minister, Amadou Oury Bah, the Office of the President said.
The visit follows his recent message congratulating Doumbouya on his election victory. On Monday, January 5, 2026, Kagame welcomed the outcome of the election, expressing optimism about the future of relations between Rwanda and Guinea.
“Congratulations to my brother, President Mamadi Doumbouya, on his election as President of the Republic of Guinea. We look forward to deepening our strong bilateral relations and working closely together to advance our shared priorities and the prosperity of our nations,” Kagame said in a post on X.
Doumbouya’s victory was formally confirmed by Guinea’s Supreme Court on Sunday, January 4, marking his transition from interim junta leader to democratically elected president.
The court validated provisional results that credited the 41-year-old leader with 86.72 percent of the vote. His closest challenger, Abdoulaye Yero Baldé, received 6.59 percent, with the court noting that Baldé later withdrew his legal challenge to the results.
The election was Guinea’s first presidential vote since the September 2021 coup that removed former president Alpha Condé. It was conducted under a new constitution that lifted restrictions on military leaders contesting elections and extended the presidential term from five to seven years.
Rwanda and Guinea maintain cordial and steadily strengthening relations, supported by high-level visits and expanding cooperation across multiple sectors.
“Our task is coordinated and effective work to stabilize the situation in the energy system as soon as possible, in particular, in the city of Kiev,” Shmyhal said on Telegram.
Under the emergency measure, residents will be allowed to access emergency heating shelters at night despite the curfew, Shmyhal said.
The government has also instructed relevant agencies to streamline procedures for connecting backup power equipment to the electricity grid and to redistribute such equipment across regions based on critical need.
State-run companies, including Ukrainian Railways and gas operator Naftogaz, have been ordered to increase electricity imports to at least 50 percent of their total consumption.
Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the energy situation is most difficult in Kiev, Odesa and the central Dnipropetrovsk region.
The report shows that total formal external trade in goods amounted to $1.93 billion in Q3 2025, representing a 25.7 percent decline compared to the same quarter in 2024, reflecting a general slowdown in trade activity during the period.
Within this overall contraction, imports stood at $1.37 billion in Q3 2025, down from $1.75 billion in Q3 2024, marking a 21.85 percent year-on-year decrease. The sharp fall in imports played a key role in easing Rwanda’s trade deficit, even as external trade volumes declined.
Despite the annual drop, imports rose on a quarterly basis, increasing by 9.74 percent compared to the second quarter of 2025, when imports were valued at $1.25 billion, pointing to a modest rebound in import demand.
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China remained Rwanda’s largest source of imports in Q3 2025, supplying goods worth $311.41 million. Other major import partners included Tanzania ($156.85 million), India ($118.47 million), Kenya ($102.24 million) and the United Arab Emirates ($98.87 million). Together, these five countries accounted for 57.55 percent of Rwanda’s total imports during the quarter.
At the regional level, imports from East African Community (EAC) partner states totaled $325.88 million, marking a 40 percent decline compared to the same quarter in 2024. Tanzania and Kenya continued to dominate Rwanda’s imports from the bloc, jointly accounting for nearly three-quarters of EAC-sourced imports.
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In terms of commodities, food and live animals remained Rwanda’s largest import category, valued at $248 million in Q3 2025. This was followed by machinery and transport equipment ($244.48 million), manufactured goods classified chiefly by material ($227.72 million), mineral fuels and lubricants ($179.71 million), and chemicals and related products ($173.89 million).
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While imports fell sharply, Rwanda’s export performance showed mixed results during the quarter. Domestic exports were valued at $389.99 million in Q3 2025, reflecting a 12.7 percent increase compared to the previous quarter, but a 41.53 percent decline compared to Q3 2024.
Exports remained concentrated in key markets, led by the United Arab Emirates and the Democratic Republic of Congo, followed by China and regional EAC partners. Exports to the EAC recorded strong year-on-year growth, driven mainly by increased shipments to Uganda.
Rwanda’s export sector was largely driven by mineral and agricultural commodities. The report shows that gold, coltan, cassiterite and wolfram remained Rwanda’s leading export products in Q3 2025, alongside traditional agricultural exports such as coffee and tea.
Overall, imports accounted for 70.83 percent of Rwanda’s total trade in goods during the quarter, while domestic exports and re-exports contributed 20.18 percent and 8.99 percent, respectively.
In a statement issued on January 15, 2026, the group’s spokesperson, Col Kamasa Ndakize Welcome, alleged that FARDC troops, supported by Burundian forces, FDLR rebels, and Wazalendo militias, launched coordinated ground and aerial attacks in the Point-Zéro area, approximately 10 km from Minembwe Commune.
Col Ndakize claimed the assaults deliberately targeted civilian areas, including Rwitsankuku and surrounding villages, destroying infrastructure, forcing residents to flee, and endangering innocent lives.
In response, he said Twirwaneho fighters repelled the ground offensive, shot down one enemy drone that was striking populated areas, dismantled opposing positions, and seized strategic heights, including Mount Baruta, a position long used, according to the group, to shell civilian zones.
MRDP-Twirwaneho emphasized that it will not tolerate alleged abuses by government-aligned forces and reiterated its commitment to protecting Banyamulenge civilians and their property.
The interest was voiced during interactions with Rwanda’s High Commissioner to India, Jacqueline Mukangira, on the sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference held in Rajkot on 11-12 January 2026 where Rwanda was invited as a partner country.
“On the sideline of the Vibrant Gujarat, the High Commissioner had the opportunity to exchange with business industrialists, company CEOs and education leaders. Many expressed interest to visit Rwanda and explore investment possibilities,” reads a statement from Rwanda’s High Commission in India.
The Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, focused on promoting regional industrial development, attracting investments, and strengthening global partnerships, with particular emphasis on ceramics, engineering, and renewable energy.
The event brought together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials, and international delegates to showcase Gujarat’s progressive industrial policies and its potential as a global manufacturing hub.
In her remarks High Commissioner Mukangira highlighted the robust bilateral ties between Rwanda and India. She thanked the Chief Minister of Gujarat for extending the invitation and praised Rwanda’s impressive economic trajectory, noting an 11.8% growth rate in the third quarter of 2025.
She underscored that India is Rwanda’s second-largest foreign investor and trading partner and extended a warm invitation for increased Indian investment in priority sectors including manufacturing, infrastructure, ICT, agriculture, mining, tourism and healthcare.
The High Commissioner also recalled Prime Minister Modi’s historic visit to Rwanda in 2018, which significantly deepened cooperation between the two nations.
She expressed gratitude for PM Modi’s gesture of gifting 200 cows to villagers in Bugesera District.
During the conference, Prime Minister Modi himself referenced this initiative, highlighting the unique rule attached to the gift: each new calf born from the gifted cows must be passed on to another family in need, thereby multiplying the benefit and positively impacting local household economies in Rweru Village.
Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conferences are preliminary to Vibrant Gujarat Summit which is also held in Gujarat biannually.
The event was held on Thursday at the Caribbean Military Academy Headquarters in Kingston and was presided over by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith.
Addressing the contingent, Smith expressed appreciation to the Government of Rwanda, President Paul Kagame and the people of Rwanda for the deployment of RDF engineers, noting that their expertise will contribute meaningfully to Jamaica’s post-disaster recovery and resilience-building efforts.
Speaking on behalf of the leadership of the Rwanda Defence Force, Col Claudien Bizimungu expressed Rwanda’s solidarity with the government and the people of Jamaica.
He delivered a message from the RDF leadership, reaffirming Rwanda’s commitment to stand with Jamaica during its recovery and rebuilding process.
Col Bizimungu emphasized that the deployment reflects Rwanda’s broader commitment to international cooperation and humanitarian support, highlighting the RDF’s experience in engineering, reconstruction, and community-focused interventions.
Col Moses Kayigamba, the RDF Engineer Contingent Commander, also highlighted that Rwandan engineers will work closely with the Jamaican Defence Forces and other national institutions in rehabilitation initiatives, as part of the agreed framework between the two countries.
The RDF engineer contingent was deployed to the Caribbean island nation on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, to support the country’s recovery efforts by rehabilitating infrastructure destroyed by a powerful cyclone (Hurricane Melissa) in October last year.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the deployment was conducted in accordance with a bilateral agreement between Rwanda and Jamaica aimed at assisting in the rehabilitation of critical infrastructure destroyed by disasters.
Prior to their departure for Jamaica, the RDF engineers received a briefing from Brigadier General Faustin Tinka, Commander of the Mechanized Division on behalf of the RDF Chief of Defence Staff, who urged the deployed personnel to apply their full expertise, professionalism, and technical skills in order to successfully accomplish the mission entrusted to them by RDF leadership.
He emphasised that the beneficiaries of their support should clearly feel the positive impact of their work.
The deployment is in line with President Paul Kagame’s pledge to support the Republic of Jamaica in the post-disaster recovery process during his visit in April 2022.
Provisional results announced on Friday morning showed Museveni, 81, ahead with 76% of the votes, based on results from 45% of polling stations. Opposition leader Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, was in second place with 19.76%, while the remaining votes were split among six other candidates.
Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday in a tightly contested national election, with Museveni seeking a seventh term in office. After casting his vote, Museveni told reporters he expected a decisive win, stating he anticipated around 80% of the vote “if there’s no cheating.”
Voting faced some delays in several areas, with ballot boxes arriving late and biometric machines, used to verify voters’ identities, experiencing technical issues. Some polling stations reported waits of up to four hours.
The National Unity Platform (NUP), led by Bobi Wine, said late on Thursday that security forces had surrounded his home in Kampala. Police have not officially confirmed this report. Wine’s party noted that a similar situation occurred after the 2021 election, when he was confined to his home for several days.
Uganda’s electoral commission has indicated that the results are still provisional, with counting ongoing. Authorities have urged patience as final results are compiled and verified.
The event marked the start of his diplomatic mission in Moscow and was attended by senior Russian officials and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions.
President Putin also received letters of credence from ambassadors of several other countries during the ceremony, including Somalia, Gabon, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria, Ghana, and Namibia, alongside representatives from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Addressing the diplomats, President Putin emphasised the importance of cooperation, saying that “international cooperation is fundamental to humanity’s sustainable development and prosperity,” and stressed the need for open and constructive partnerships in an increasingly complex global environment.
Ambassador Nzabamwita was appointed Rwanda’s ambassador-designate to Russia in December 2024. He brings extensive experience in national security and public service, having previously served as Presidential Advisor on Security. Before that, he held the position of Secretary General of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS).
He succeeds Lt Gen Mushyo Kamanzi, who had represented Rwanda in Moscow since 2019.
Diplomatic relations between Rwanda and Russia date back to 1963, and the two countries have since maintained cordial and cooperative ties. Both nations operate resident diplomatic missions at ambassadorial level, reflecting the strength and continuity of their bilateral relationship.
Cooperation between Rwanda and Russia spans several sectors, including political engagement, military collaboration, education, human resource development, training, and cultural exchange. Russia has also been offering university scholarships to Rwandan students as part of its support for skills development and academic cooperation.
In recent years, nuclear energy has emerged as a key area of collaboration. Rwanda is working with Russia to establish a nuclear research centre by 2030, aimed at producing radioactive materials for cancer diagnosis and treatment, enhancing agricultural productivity through radiation technologies, and supporting industrial testing and innovation.
In her annual report to the legislature on behalf of the administrative body, Rodriguez said that the relevant reforms would help improve the operating environment of the oil industry and enhance its capacity for external cooperation.
According to the acting president, the South American nation’s oil production reached 1.2 million barrels in December last year. The revenue from oil exports will mainly be used to support the construction of the public health system, promote economic development and advance infrastructure projects.
Venezuela is currently at an important turning point, and the government will explore more pragmatic and diversified ways of foreign exchange, said Rodriguez.
The country should handle its relations with all parties, including the United States, on the basis of mutual respect, she added.
