{"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":"2026-08-10T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:52:15","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":"CAR troops complete RDF-led military training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The graduation ceremony was held in Bangui on August 10, 2026, 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

RDF Army Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi and Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Olivier Kayumba, attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training equipped the soldiers with skills intended to help them safeguard the country\u2019s sovereignty, including weapons handling, hand-to-hand combat and basic medical services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda has maintained troops in the Central African Republic since 2020 under a bilateral agreement to counter insurgent groups and safeguard civilian lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on positive results of the cooperation, Rwanda has committed to supporting the Central African Republic in developing its armed forces\u2019 capabilities, with the aim of enabling them to fulfil their responsibilities effectively and operate more professionally.<\/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, as well as 300 non-commissioned officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those trained by the RDF were 545 soldiers who completed their training on November 29, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAR soldiers 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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Soldiers from the Central African Republic have completed training provided by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) as part of bilateral cooperation aimed at strengthening and professionalising the country\u2019s security sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000122040,"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":2000122040,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/faca-2-a0597.jpg","alt":"","caption":"CAR soldiers join more than 2,400 others trained by the RDF.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":750,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/faca-2-a0597.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/faca-2-a0597.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/faca-2-a0597.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/faca-2-a0597.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/faca-2-a0597.jpg","width":1000,"height":750}}},"_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":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000122041,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122037\/revisions\/2000122041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000122040"}],"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}]}}