{"id":52056,"date":"2024-11-29T09:29:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rdf-updf-discuss-strategies-to-tackle-border-security-issues\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:29:44","slug":"rdf-updf-discuss-strategies-to-tackle-border-security-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rdf-updf-discuss-strategies-to-tackle-border-security-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"RDF, UPDF discuss strategies to tackle border security issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attendees of the 3-day meeting include the Second and Fifth Infantry Division Commanders from RDF, the Second Infantry Division Commander and his delegation from UPDF, and Defence Attach\u00e9s from both nations. These leaders convened to discuss strategies to combat negative activities impacting the border region.<\/p>\n<p>Brig Gen Frank Mutembe, RDF&#8217;s 2nd Infantry Division Commander, welcomed the UPDF delegation and emphasized the importance of collaboration in addressing illicit activities on the border. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch meetings are aimed at discussing challenges our border communities usually face, including drug dealing, illegal border crossing, smuggling, and deforestation,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the UPDF delegation, Brig Gen Paul Muhanguzi, expressed gratitude to the leadership of both armies and their Chiefs of Defence Staff for facilitating the meeting. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to thank our Heads of State for creating this enabling environment. It is a great honour to fulfil the vision of our great leaders and review security requirements for our border communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Before the meeting officially commenced, the delegation paid a courtesy visit to Musanze district officials, joined by the Mayors of Burera and Gicumbi districts, which border Uganda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77802\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg\" alt=\"Before the meeting officially commenced, the delegation paid a courtesy visit to Musanze district officials, joined by the Mayors of Burera and Gicumbi districts, which border Uganda.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77801\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gdeqspqwwaewxxf.jpg\" alt=\"The three-day meeting is taking place in Musanze. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-77803\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gdeqsptxqaamyhb.jpg\" alt=\"RDF and UPDF gathered in Musanze to discuss strategies to tackle border security issues. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) is hosting the third Proximity Commanders meeting with the Uganda Peoples\u2019 Defence Forces (UPDF) from 28\u201330 November 2024 in Musanze, Northern Province, to address challenges impacting border communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000077800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52056","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":2000077800,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gdeqsppxiaajz8f.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52056","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000077800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52056"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52056"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}