Sources: Reuters
The UK government suspends financial aid and imposes economic sanctions on several high-ranking Rwandan officials over the country's military support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2025-02-25
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and "the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels from the occupied areas". 2022-11-23
The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of killing two Congolese children in a rocket attack. Rwanda also accuses the DRC of firing rockets into the country from Bunagana. 2022-06-10
A forum for the promotion of LGBT rights is hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, in order to address minority rights. At the forum, a Rwandan man describes being assaulted by family members when he came out as gay. The forum also documented and urged the governments of Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya to decriminalize homosexuality and protect the minority. 2021-09-10
During an official visit to Kigali, French President Emmanuel Macron admits French involvement in the Rwandan genocide. Macron is the first French president to visit Rwanda in ten years, with relations between the two countries having deteriorated following the genocide. 2021-05-27
Rwanda begins a COVID-19 vaccination programme with limited supplies of WHO-approved vaccines acquired through unnamed international partners, making it the first country in East Africa to begin its campaign. Healthcare workers and other high-risk groups will be the first to receive a vaccine. 2021-02-14
Voters in Rwanda go to the polls to elect their president. Paul Kagame, incumbent since 2000, referred to the election as a formality, despite challenges from the Democratic Greens' Frank Habineza and independent Philippe Mpayimana. Kagame is re-elected with 98.66 of the vote. 2017-08-4
Campaigning begins ahead of the presidential election in Rwanda. 2010-07-20
One person is killed and 28 injured in two grenade attacks in the Rwandan capital Kigali. 2010-05-16