In 2016, a woman in rural Rwanda was hemorrhaging during childbirth. A hospital texted for blood. Minutes later, a Zipline drone launched. 10 minutes after that, it parachuted type O negative to the landing zone. The mother and baby both survived. That system now supplies 75% of Rwanda's blood and has cut maternal mortality by 51%.
History truly connects events. 🇷🇼🇲🇿
Did you know? Our hero Maj Gen Fred Rwigema began his military operations in Cabo Delgado, Montepuez District, during Mozambique’s liberation struggle.
He later became Commander-in-Chief of the RPA, which evolved into today’s RDF now helping secure Cabo Delgado from terrorism.
His legacy endures. #HeroesDay
“Since 2017: more than 85% of Banyamulenge villages in South Kivu were destroyed; an estimated 700,000 of cattle, their economic lifeline, were raided and killed.
• On 25 August 2025: Wazalendo militias and FARDC issued a 10-day ultimatum demanding that all Banyamulenge leave Uvira or be killed. The ultimatum further prohibited them from accessing markets, water points, and other essential means of survival.
• On 4 September 2025: the decision was made to deny the Banyamulenge civilians access to public water points on the grounds that they were “enemies.”
• On 5–8 September 2025: Banyamulenge civilians were abducted and shot; while the mobs chanted for the “end of the Banyamulenge.”
These are early-warning indicators of atrocity crimes: discrimination, dehumanization, forced displacement, and denial of basic services.” Martin Ngoga, Rwanda’s Ambassador to the UN, #UNSC, December 11, 2025.
I knew General James Kabarebe as a freedom fighter, an outstanding commander, a formidable story-teller, and an inspiration for the youth. What I didn't know is that he was also a humble man, an excellent diplomat (admired by all his EAC counterparts), a results-oriented manager (who could find a quick solution to any problem), and a kind leader who cares about the well-being of his staff. A blessing to this country.
All the best General!
@prevotmaxime Now you wake up 😄😄
Belgium you're hiding in umbrella of human rights we know the truth,you have no respect for human rights in your DNA for we African
@be_johns@MarioNawfal#ibigarasha that 's how you always say but" A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes"by @MarkTwain time will come and the whole will know the truth slowly #ibipinga imbaraga muta musenya urwababyaye mwakazikiresheje mwiyubaka ubwanyu
@USAmbDRC You guys😄😄,we all know what you are about
You hold your silence when they kill banyamurenge but as long as we touch FDLR you come up with all sort of accusations
This is not you continent,why are you engaged in this?
In the last month, Rwanda has shown you:
🔹The FDLR
🔹The European Mercenaries
🔹The offensive foreign forces
🔹The stockpiles of weaponry at our border.
Yet the world still downplays the gravity of the security threats we face. Why? Is it racism? Is it disdain? Is it a calculated geopolitical choice?
The only irrefutable proof left of the danger we face is our destruction. And it seems this is an acceptable outcome for many international actors. They will swoop in with something as truly useless as MONUSCO or another UNAMIR, then spend the next 20 years giving our people biscuits and cardboard.
One thing is certain: The Government of Rwanda will protect its people and everyone who lives here—resolutely and decisively. The question is not whether Rwanda will defend itself, but what must happen to prevent further escalation.
The answer is obvious. The root of this crisis lies in the DRC’s continued collusion with genocidal forces and its deliberate fueling of regional instability.
International actors must demand an immediate end to Kinshasa’s support for FDLR and associated extremist elements. The presence of offensive foreign forces in the region, operating under the guise of ‘peacekeeping,’ must be removed. Permanent security guarantees must also be established along our shared border.
Regarding the inter-Congolese conflict, dialogue between the DRC government and M23 is not only the most pragmatic approach but the only one that offers the prospect of lasting peace.
Anything short of this is a meaningless delay, a refusal to confront reality, and a failure to learn from history.
As a British citizen, I am appalled by the level of ignorance of Africa by some of the British politicians. Today I focus on @DavidLammy, the UK Foreign Affairs Secretary, and @Lord_Collins, Minister of Africa. Starting with David on the DRC and Rwanda conflict. David, I was in the DRC and Rwanda exactly when you were there. Unlike you, I visited the cities of Bukavu and Goma (this is in the DRC by way!), which are under the control of the M23 military-political opposition group. In your video following the visits, David, you talked about the humanitarian crisis and IDPs in Goma. While I was there this week, I have interviewed people on the ground and visited the different IDP sites. All IDPs had left the camps before you visited the #DRC. Though you were at 2000km from the IDPs sites. Your video was not representative of your talks with @PaulKagame and @fatshi13. Instead, it patronises and reinforces the deep-rooted moral hierarchy of power and knowledge. Forgive me for suggesting that you played a white colonial aristocrat in black skin. It was no longer David Lammy who used to display and express values of shared humanity using authentic politics.
Secondly, in your extremely partial diplomacy, you referred to the territorial integrity of the DRC, and your position is that #DRC security threats to Rwanda should be resolved diplomatically. I want to challenge you on this, David. The UK government is part of the NATO effort to defend Europe against any potential security threats from Russia. The UK has deployed troops along the EU border with Russia and has established the Operation ORBITAL training mission to Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Questions: Should the UK instead resolve this diplomatically and end the war in Ukraine? Should the UK respect territorial integrity of Russia? Have you been briefed about the many diplomatic efforts between Rwanda and DRC? You rightly suggest political solutions to the conflict but you then give lessons and apply sanctions to one country? David, the underlying factors of conflict in the DRC are all home grown. Continuing to baby-sit the DRC gov because the UK wants desperately a share in the potential natural resource in the DRC is also part of the problem.
On @Lord_Collins, you misled the parliament when asked about the brutal killing of 70 civilians by an ISIS-linked group referred to ADF in Mayba in the territory of Lubero. You suggest this incident was discussed with @onduhungirehe, alluding to ADF being a Rwandan armed group! This ignorance is not only beyond understanding and unacceptable as @YolandeMakolo suggested in the Rwandan official response. It is also racist as it fails to make a difference between who is who between the black people in Africa. There are over 250 armed groups in the DRC. Please get an accurate briefing or read about these groups and conflict dynamics in this region. Some of these groups are foreign, others are DRC government-sponsored, and others operate independently with freedom to kill, destroy, lynch and eat human flesh in Ituli and South Kivu area simply because of ethnic hatred. The dual actor's idea in the understanding of conflict in Africa is not only colonial and racist, but it dehumanises Africans. I call on decolonising UK-Africa relations but this must start with accurate knowledge of Africa and Africans. It is a pre-condition for a meaningful partnership of equals. It must also end humanitarian economy and patronisation attitudes. @DavidLammy please see below images of Bukavu and Goma @SugiraMireille@MaishaRdc@i_Birere@guardiannews@ElikiaBenYosef
Once again, the so-called “free” Western press and its regimes have exposed their shameless hypocrisy. Today, the Tshisekedi regime launched an outrageous terrorist attack on civilians in #Bukavu, bombing a crowd of innocent Congolese, leaving several dead and many more injured.
Where is the international outrage? Where are the indignant headlines in The @guardian , The @nytimes , or the @BBC ? Nowhere—because this massacre does not fit their tired, lazy narrative of "Rwanda as the root of all Congolese ills."
For years, Western governments and their media mouthpieces have enabled #Tshisekedi ’s atrocities with their silence. They have watched as he turned the #FDLR—an internationally recognized genocidal militia—into an official extension of the Congolese army ( #FARDC). They have ignored his ethnic cleansing campaign against Congolese Tutsi. They have deliberately closed their eyes as he unleashed his #Wazalendo death squads, hunting down civilians for the "crime" of speaking Kinyarwanda. They pretended not to see when he orchestrated anti-Tutsi pogroms throughout the DRC.
But today’s barbaric bombing in Bukavu is a new low—even for a regime already drowning in war crimes. Tshisekedi has declared total war on his own people, and yet Western media remains mute, complicit, unwilling to admit that they have been propping up a tyrant. Had this been a rebel group, the outrage would be deafening. But because the perpetrator is their favorite "anti-Rwanda" strongman, silence reigns.
But let it be known: this crime will not go unanswered. The Congolese military-political movement, already fed up with Tshisekedi’s bloody dictatorship, will respond with force. The AFC/M23 will strike back harder than ever before, making it clear that there are consequences for massacring innocent civilians.
And Tshisekedi’s Burundian allies, whose bombs were used in this terror attack, will pay the ultimate price. Burundi’s military, which has been blindly following Tshisekedi into a genocidal war, will soon learn the cost of standing on the wrong side of history
@KenRoth@KarimKhanQC Who are to point out that our president is the source of the problem,the big problem which is worsening this situation is you western countries you know nothing about what is happening and you wake up like let's sanctions #rwanda