{"id":2000122037,"date":"2026-08-10T18:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000122037"},"modified":"2026-08-11T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:47:25","slug":"car-troops-complete-rdf-led-military-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/car-troops-complete-rdf-led-military-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 500 soldiers trained by RDF join Central African Armed Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An additional 104 personnel, including senior non-commissioned officers, completed four months of career training under the same programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pass-out ceremony was held on August 10 at Camp Kassa\u00ef military barracks in Bangui and was presided over by Central African Republic President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Faustin-Archange Touad\u00e9ra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony was attended by RDF Army Chief of Staff Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi, Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Kayumba Olivier, senior government officials and defence attach\u00e9s accredited to the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training was conducted as part of bilateral military cooperation between Rwanda and the Central African Republic, which includes efforts to strengthen the capabilities of the FACA and joint peacekeeping initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACA Chief of General Staff Gen Z\u00e9phirin Mamadou welcomed the newly trained personnel, saying they would join other soldiers in protecting the country\u2019s territorial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He thanked Rwandan President Paul Kagame for Rwanda\u2019s military cooperation with the Central African Republic, which he said had yielded positive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis graduation marks the completion of the fifth intake by military instructors from the Rwanda Defence Force, with the ultimate objective of preventing the activities of the enemies of peace,\u201d Mamadou said. \u201cI have no doubt that the skills acquired during this course will contribute to protecting the country and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj Gen Nyakarundi said the ceremony reflected the dedication, discipline and commitment demonstrated by the trainees throughout their training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the graduates had demonstrated their readiness to serve professionally and uphold the values and responsibilities entrusted to them as soldiers, having acquired skills needed to perform their duties effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda has maintained troops in the Central African Republic since 2020 under bilateral arrangements aimed at supporting efforts to counter armed groups threatening civilian security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two countries have since expanded their military cooperation, with Rwanda also supporting efforts to build the capacity of the Central African armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2025, Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Defence said the RDF had trained 2,409 junior soldiers from the Central African Republic, along with 300 non-commissioned officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest graduation marks the fifth intake of FACA personnel trained by RDF instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new recruits join more than 2,400 others trained by the RDF.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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RDF Army Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi and Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Olivier Kayumba, attended the ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A total of 566 new recruits have formally joined the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) after completing six months of basic military training conducted by instructors from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), in collaboration with the FACA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000122075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000122037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000122075,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HPYbE25XkAAfmzwnew.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1500,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HPYbE25XkAAfmzwnew.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HPYbE25XkAAfmzwnew.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HPYbE25XkAAfmzwnew.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HPYbE25XkAAfmzwnew.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HPYbE25XkAAfmzwnew.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000122037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000122079,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122037\/revisions\/2000122079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000122075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000122037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000122037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000122037"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000122037"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000122037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}