Ruhigira T. Alphonse

A proudly Rwandan,husband and Father of 2. Team PK🌍

[Tesh Mbaabu ™ @teshmbaabu]

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[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

The land of a thousand hills meets the city of a thousand trades.

🤝 @VisitRwanda_Now

[FPR-Inkotanyi @rpfinkotanyi]

Umuryango FPR Inkotanyi wifurije Abanyamuryango, inshuti z’Umuryango, n’Abanyarwanda bose umunsi mwiza wo Kwibohora.

Mu gihe twizihiza imyaka 32 ishize turi mu rugendo rwo kubaka Igihugu, turusheho gushimangira Ubumwe bwacu nk’Abanyarwanda no kwimakaza imiyoborere myiza ishyira umuturage ku isonga.

#Kwibohora32

[Albert Rudatsimburwa 🇷🇼 @albcontact]

Rwanda 🇷🇼
Benimana

Today is

Liberation Day

In 1990,
a struggle began.
Led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front @rpfinkotanyi ,
and its armed wing, the Rwandan Patriotic Army. “RPA”

It was not only a war.
It was the beginning of a transformation.
Those who then took up arms were Rwandans -
many born in exile,
others forced into it at a young age and others had been in Rwanda and responded to the call.

For decades,
they had been denied the right
to return to their own country.
Not because of what they had done …
but because of what they were.
This war became their last resort.
Not only to reclaim a homeland - 
but to restore a nation.

It’s been a journey… a journey that the next generations have to own themselves and so honor the women and the men that sacrificed their lives so that tomorrow’s Rwanda would always be better for the generations to come.

Allow me to share … where it began … Afande Kagame during the Liberation War:

What I would like you to inform about is that, everyone needs to clearly know that our army is the bedrock of our @rpfinkotanyi RPA struggle … the bedrock, do you understand “the bedrock” …

yes, sir! …

It is the bedrock of our RPF/A struggle and will be the bedrock of national transformation and development of our country.
And therefore you should keep in mind the party’s political aim of the struggle that led us to take up arms and fight.
And therefore … our conducts and actions… our thoughts must ALWAYS differentiate us from those we are fighting against, right?

“Yes, sir!”

Otherwise, if there’s no difference with those we are fighting, our struggle would be meaningless, right?

“Yes, sir!”

Happy Liberation Day ✊🏾
Benimana

[Rwanda Ministry of Defence @RwandaMoD]

RDF TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY.

[Maxwell Gomera @GomeraM]

Whenever two African countries choose partnership over distance, the future gets a little brighter.

As someone privileged to have called both Rwanda and South Africa home, I do not stand on one side celebrating the other. I stand in the middle, cheering for both.

I was in Kigali this week. Everyone welcomed last week’s announcement. Yet almost every conversation ended with the same question:

“Why do we need to wait twelve months?”

It wasn’t frustration. It was readiness.

One person couldn’t wait to visit Johannesburg again. Another hoped their son might soon study in Cape Town. Others simply smiled and said, “It’s about time.”

People are often ready before institutions are.

I’ve watched this relationship grow for years. I’ve seen companies like MTN help build Rwanda’s economy. I’ve enjoyed Rwandan coffee in South Africa. I’ve met Rwandans shaped by South African universities, and South Africans inspired by Kigali.

Those are the real foundations of partnership.

Not communiqués.

People.

I often say: Solidarity opens doors. Business keeps them open.

Now let’s walk through those doors.

Governments should move at the speed of their people. Accelerate visa reform. Make it easier to trade. Support SMEs. Build digital payment systems that allow African businesses to trade seamlessly across borders. Bring entrepreneurs to trade missions, not just officials.

Business shouldn’t wait. Invest. Partner. Build supply chains. Create jobs. Universities should deepen exchanges. Young Africans should remember that their market is no longer one country. It is a continent.

Trade between Rwanda and South Africa is still modest. I don’t see that as weakness. I see opportunity.

Thank you to the many diplomats who quietly helped rebuild this relationship, including my brother #MandisiMpahlwa and High Commissioner @ehategeka. Patient work creates lasting change.

We are all trying to find our way home.

Perhaps home is not a place.

Perhaps home is the Africa we choose to build together.

Finding each other. Building Africa together.

Africa moves faster when Africans move together. 🌍🇷🇼🇿🇦

#Rwanda #SouthAfrica #Africa #AfCFTA #Trade #Investment #PanAfricanism

@CyrilRamaphosa @UrugwiroVillage
@DIRCO_ZA
@RwandaMFA
@MTNGroup
@RwandaGov
@Brand_SA

[Clare Akamanzi @cakamanzi]

A thought I have been reflecting on lately…. Life is like basketball: you don’t win by watching the scoreboard. You win by taking the shots. Some you will miss but never stop shooting…. Instead, stay in the game long enough to win the one that matters the most…🏀

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“This has been a day of great meaning and promise. Rwanda appreciates the steps you have taken. We have chosen to look forward, and write a new chapter together, and that choice is already bearing fruit. The ambition is there on both sides. But what matters most is the renewal of trust. Today, France is an important partner for Rwanda, in investment, technology, climate, and many other common priorities. Rwanda looks forward to working with France to deepen our collaboration, and expand the possibilities between our two countries.” President Kagame

Last night in Paris, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame attended a dinner at Palais de l'Élysée, hosted by President @EmmanuelMacron and First Lady Brigitte Macron, following the inauguration of the memorial commemorating the victims of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Ce mémorial en hommage aux victimes du génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi au Rwanda est un lieu vivant. Il cultive la mémoire et projette vers l'avenir la relation entre le Rwanda et la France.

À nous de transmettre avec rigueur, dignité, vérité et justice.

Twibuke Twiyubaka.

[NBA @NBA]

Congrats to the RSSB Tigers on winning the 2026 BAL Championship 🏆

[François Nkulikiyimfura @FNimfura]

Congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾 @PSG_inside on this historic #Back2back Win of the @ChampionsLeague.

Proud to celebrate this remarkable journey alongside with @VisitRwanda_now🏆🏆

[Nelly Mukazayire @nmukazayire]

Do you want @Arsenal?! ABSOLUTELY 👏🏾
Congratulations to our Visit Rwanda Partner for this well deserved achievement.

[Freddy K, PhD, 🇨🇩 @Fkaniki]

Today, more than 4000 Congolese from all States came to Washington DC to denounce the targeted violence, the blockade, the human rights abuse and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Minembwe against the banyamulenge community. Over the last several months the Congolese army and the Burundian Army have decided to wipe out the Banyamulenge from the DRC map using every means possible including starving them to death. This is unacceptable in the 21st century. It is for situations like these that the UN charter was created in 1945. The international community should not sit idle while an entire community is being extinct due to thier ethnicity. Silence and inaction are irresponsibility. Enough is Enough

[Mahoro Peace Association (MPA) @MahoroMpa]

HAPPENING NOW: Washington, DC

More than 4,000 Banyamulenge and people of goodwill are currently gathered in Washington, DC in a historic peaceful mobilization organized by PMA in collaboration with Isoko_USA, standing in solidarity with Minembwe and the High Plateaus of South Kivu.

A massive turnout of demonstrators is filling the streets of the U.S. capital, speaking with one voice: No to the ongoing genocide in Minembwe and across the High Plateaus of South Kivu.

Thousands of Congolese by origin—particularly from the Banyamulenge/Tutsi community—together with allies and supporters, are standing with dignity and resolve to denounce the massacres, humanitarian blockades, bombardments, and the deliberate starvation affecting their brothers and sisters. They are rejecting the continued silence of the international community in the face of these atrocities.

This tragedy is not the result of unavoidable circumstances. The governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi bear significant responsibility. Through alliances with armed groups, indiscriminate military operations, and the maintenance of blockades that deprive innocent civilians of essential resources, they are contributing to what many describe as a slow-moving genocide against the Banyamulenge.

Enough silence. Enough international complacency.

The message from the streets of Washington is clear: peace cannot be spoken of in the Great Lakes region while an entire community is being starved, bombed, and killed on the basis of identity.

We commend the courage of all participants in this ongoing march. Your voices are resonating far beyond the Atlantic, bringing hope to those in Minembwe who continue to endure with dignity.

The international community is urged to act now:

Immediate lifting of humanitarian blockades
Protection of civilians
Independent investigations into the crimes committed
Justice for the victims

Minembwe will not perish in indifference.

We stand firm. We will not be silenced.

#StopGenocideMinembwe #Banyamuleng

[Rodriguez Katsuva @Katsuva_R]

Le meilleur Président africain, monsieur @PaulKagame ! Accueilli au complexe sportif de la Concorde, lors de la prestation de serment de Sassou Nguesso...

[Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe @onduhungirehe]

.@ChampionsLeague's semifinals;

Four (4) teams qualified;

Three (3) #VisitRwanda teams (@PSG_inside, @Arsenal and @Atleti) and one (1) team in partnership with Rwanda for football development (@FCBayernEN);

Quite exceptional!

🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼

[Paul Kagame @PaulKagame]

Proud to see three #VisitRwanda partners qualifying for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals! The performances of @Atleti, @Arsenal and @PSG_inside have shown consistency, excellence and resolve, and we look forward to the games ahead!

[Chantal M. 🇷🇼🇨🇦 @Mwiza123]

#Igihango dufitanye n’inkotanyi ntituzagitatira n’abadukomokaho bazakomeza uwo murage

[Calvin Mutsinzi @CalvinMutsinzi]

During the Genocide against the Tutsi, Valentine was just a child, surviving in ways no child ever should hiding among the dead, carrying wounds far deeper than the eye can see.

Years later, she returned to Nyarubuye, to the very church that held her darkest memories. Instead of turning away, Valentine chose to pray.

In a place once filled with fear, she found strength. In the shadow of tragedy, she chose faith.

Her story is not just survival it is courage, resilience, and the power to rebuild after the unimaginable.

Remember. Unite. Renew.
#Kwibuka32

[Munyakazi Sadate @SadateMunyakazi]

Ubu butumwa twese buratureba