{"id":51331,"date":"2024-08-29T22:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-meets-senior-rdf-officials-to-discuss-national-security\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T09:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T09:38:17","slug":"president-kagame-meets-senior-rdf-officials-to-discuss-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-meets-senior-rdf-officials-to-discuss-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame meets senior RDF officials to discuss national security priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Kagame regularly meets with senior officers to address Rwanda&#8217;s security, as safeguarding the nation&#8217;s sovereignty is one of his key responsibilities. Thursday&#8217;s engagement involved RDF generals and other high-ranking officials in the Rwandan army.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda&#8217;s security is well-assured, although there have been attempts by certain individuals to destabilize it, efforts that have ultimately failed.<\/p>\n<p>The eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) poses a significant threat to Rwanda&#8217;s security, as it harbours the FDLR, a terrorist group composed of individuals who perpetrated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>This group is supported by the Congolese government, and President Felix Tshisekedi once hinted at launching an attack on Rwanda, underscoring the intentions of those who wish to disrupt Rwanda&#8217;s security, though they have not succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>This region has also been exploited by those seeking to undermine Rwanda&#8217;s security, given that it is an area where the Congolese government lacks governance capacity, resulting in the formation of multiple criminal groups. These conditions have made it an attractive location for those wishing to form groups aimed at destabilizing Rwanda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-74326 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame regularly meets with senior officers to address Rwanda\u2019s security, as safeguarding the nation\u2019s sovereignty is one of his key responsibilities.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-74328 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gwkpl0awiaa_rw9.jpg\" alt=\"The discussions focused on Rwanda&#039;s peace and security priorities.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-74329 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gwkpl0gwcaayjqg.jpg\" alt=\"President Kagame during the engagement with senior officers of the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF).\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-74327 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gwkpl0bwcaelkwy.jpg\" alt=\"A group photo of President Paul Kagame and high-ranking RDF officials.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-74331 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/53956481980_7d538db6d3_k-84ff6.jpg\" alt=\"The Chief of Defense Staff of the Rwandan Defense Forces, Gen. Mubarakh Muganga, addressed those who attended the discussions.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame, who also serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Rwandan Defense Forces, on Thursday, August 29, 2024, met with senior officers of the Rwandan Defense Forces to discuss the country&#8217;s peace and security priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000074330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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":2000074330,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gwkpl0lwgaaayfk.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51331","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=51331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000074330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51331"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51331"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}