Rwego Antoine

Proud son of Rwanda | Medical Doctor and Public Health Expert | Opinions and Tweets are personal.

[Richard Gisagara @RichardGisagara]

Ben'Imana 🇷🇼👌🏽🇷🇼

[Nelly Mukazayire @nmukazayire]

For the first time ever, Kigali International Peace Marathon was held in two days! 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️

More than 5,000 runners from around the world joined the Run for Peace, followed by 4,500+ participants in the Half and Full Marathon.

Together, we celebrated peace, unity, inclusion, and the power of sport.

Huge congratulations to our queens 👑🇷🇼 for an outstanding performance in the Women’s Half Marathon;
🥇 Angelique Ibishatse
🥈 Berthilde Mutuyimana
🥉 Thabita Tuyambaze

Thank you to every runner, sponsor, volunteer, partner, and fan who made #KIPM2026 unforgettable.

Stay active. Stay healthy. See you next year!

#KIPM2026 #IRun4Peace #RwandaSports

[Nelly Mukazayire @nmukazayire]

What a fantastic start to KIPM 2026! 🎉 Over 5,000 runners from 65 countries joined us for the Run for Peace. And we’re not done yet—tomorrow, we go even bigger with the Half Marathon (21km) and Full Marathon (42km), with over 4,000 runners already registered! 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️🔥
See you at the start line!
#KIPM2026 #Irun4Peace #SportsForAll

[Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 @AbiyAhmedAli]

This evening, I broke bread with 128 fellow Rwandan medical practitioners pursuing specialty training in Ethiopia, alongside more than 400 colleagues from across Africa.

They are part of a growing community of African physicians dedicating themselves to the kind of expertise and excellence our continent’s healthcare future demands, within institutions helping shape the next generation of African medical leadership.

Through shared learning and purpose, we continue building a healthier Africa together.

[François Nkulikiyimfura @FNimfura]

Le film Ben’Imana vient d’être sacré au @Festival_Cannes avec le prix de la camera d'or.

Félicitations à Clémentine @Dusabejambo pour cette distinction historique et pleinement méritée, qui honore le talent féminin africain et porte haut le cinéma rwandais.

À travers cette œuvre exceptionnelle, c’est toute une nation qui rayonne par son histoire, sa dignité et sa créativité.

[franceinfo @franceinfo]

🔴 La Caméra d'or, qui récompense le meilleur premier film dans toutes les sections du festival, revient à la réalisatrice rwandaise Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo pour "Ben'imana".

#Cannes2026

[Richard Gisagara @RichardGisagara]

Isabelle Kabano : Il y a le Rwanda meutrie, qui a souffert mais il y a aussi le Rwanda qui va vivre et briller!

@dusabejambo : Chaque génération a ses propres combats et doit les mener avec dignité et honneur!

Encore bravo et merci Mesdames!
#Cannes2026

[Richard Gisagara @RichardGisagara]

Sans attendre la décision du jury "Un certain regard" du @Festival_Cannes présidé par @LeilaBekhti, un immense merci d'ores et déjà à @dusabejambo, Madame la Ministre @XandrineUmutoni @Isabelle_Kabano et tous les autres pour nous avoir rendu si fiers🫶🏼 #Ben'Imana #ProudlyRwandan🇷🇼 @visitrwanda_now

[Paul Kagame @PaulKagame]

Congratulations to @Arsenal, our #VisitRwanda partner, on being the Premier League champions after a hard fought season!

A well-deserved title!

[Emma Claudine @EmmaClaudine]

“Today, as we award #Kigali, #Rwanda the UCI City Label, #Africa officially becomes part of our global family of UCI Bike Cities.”

Watch remarks by David Lappartient at the UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum in Athens, Greece.

Fun fact: The UCI Road World Championships held in #KigaliYacu last year recorded the highest TV audience in the event’s history, surpassing the previous record set in Belgium in 2021 by more than 50%, with close to 300 million viewers worldwide.

And here in Kigali, the atmosphere was unforgettable. More than one million people lined the roads to cheer on riders during the final day alone, while over 2.5 million people attended activities throughout the championships.

[Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe @onduhungirehe]

@PSG_inside🔵 - @Arsenal🔴

Une finale haut de gamme et 100% #VisitRwanda🇷🇼

Une apothéose de la @ChampionsLeague dont tous les amoureux du football et tous les amis du Rwanda rêvaient.

Que le meilleur gagne!

[Paul Kagame @PaulKagame]

Thank you to my sister President @SuluhuSamia for the warm welcome to Tanzania and for the productive discussions.

Rwanda and Tanzania are not only neighbors but brotherly countries bound by history and a shared goal of prosperity for our people. Rwanda remains committed to building on this strong foundation by deepening our bilateral cooperation across trade, investment, infrastructure, logistics, energy, and regional integration.

I look forward to continuing our collaboration to achieve tangible results for our citizens and advance the East African Community.

[Dr Sania Nishtar @SaniaNishtar]

Since partnering with @Gavi in 2016, @Zipline has delivered nearly 400,000 vaccine doses in Rwanda and it now serves nearly 1,000 public health facilities across Rwanda in coordination with national health institutions. Great to witness this fast, cost-effective and safe way to deliver lifesaving doses at the mother and child centre in Rwanda’s Rwamagana District.

[Dr Sania Nishtar @SaniaNishtar]

Honoured to meet President @PaulKagame. I thanked him for his leadership in maintaining high vaccine coverage across #Rwanda, effective primary health care and for his role in championing pandemic planning, preparedness and response. I also expressed gratitude for co-hosting our #GaviLeap 6.0 readiness workshop in Kigali this week. Rwanda’s recognised excellence in health and innovation makes it an ideal venue for our workshop as we look ahead to a future in which successful health outcomes are driven increasingly by countries, actively supported by institutions such as @Gavi.

[Dr Sania Nishtar @SaniaNishtar]

I was deeply moved to pay my respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda at The Kigali Genocide Memorial. This place of remembrance and learning is a powerful example of how to build peace through education and remembrance.

[Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe @onduhungirehe]

The massacres committed against the Tutsi in the former Butare prefecture are a demonstration, if further proof was even needed, that the 1994 genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in Rwanda was meticulously planned by the authorities.

Therefore, unlike the popular belief in international media, this genocide was not "triggered" by the shot down of any plane or committed out of any "popular anger". The 6 April attack, against the plane of a President seemingly weakened by international pressure, was nothing else than a planned pretext (the missiles that hit the plane were fired from the main barracks of Habyarimana's own army) used by the regime's hardcore extemists to kick-off a preplanned genocide.

The extermination of the Tutsi in Butare, which started around 19 April 1994, was only made possible when the whole genocidal government, led by President Théodore Sindikubwabo and Prime Minister Jean Kambanda (both native of Butare), travelled, together with their army and militia, to Butare, a prefecture that had until then resisted to endorse the final solution.

The Government dismissed the local Prefect (Governor), Jean-Baptiste Habyarimana nicknamed "Sacré" (translated as sacred/holy, like human life), the only Tutsi prefect in the country. He was arrested, transferred to Murambi, Gitarama, which was the temporary seat of the genocidal Government, where he was killed.

In Butare, President Sindikubwabo also summoned the 20 "bourgmestres" (mayors) of the prefecture, urging them to start the killings. The President also went to a local commune (district) in Butare where he publicly called, live on national radio, "to start 'working' and, if need be, get rid of the 'I-don't-care' people", referring to the Hutu who had refused to kill Tutsi.

In this context, Jean-Baptiste Habyarimana was obviously not killed alone. His family was in fact completely wiped out. His wife, Joséphine, and his two little angels (all pictured) were also killed during the genocide.

Remember, unite, renew.

#Kwibuka32

[Munyakazi Sadate @SadateMunyakazi]

Aha mureba ni ivuko ryanjye, aha ni mu Karere ka Nyanza, Umurenge ni Busoro, Akagali ka Kimirama, Umudugudu ni KIRERANYANA ni kw'itongo rya GAKONDO yanjye, uyu munsi imyaka 32 iruzuye neza hatwitswe, hasenywe muri Jenoside yakorewe ABATUTSI mbirebesha amaso yanjye;

Imyaka 32 iruzuye neza narananiwe gusana iri tongo, si amafaranga nabuze, ubushake ngerageza kubwishakamo bikarangira kubikora binaniye;

Imyaka 32 irashize ntarashobora kumva ko ngomba gusana ibyasenywe n'abantu tutari dufitiye ideni, tutahemukiye, nabuze izi mbaraga peee;

Buri mwaka iyo tuvuye kwibuka iwacu mu Mayaga, abavandimwe ( Abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ) duhurira kuri umwe muri twe akatumurikira uko yasannye itongo ry'iwabo, Umwaka ushize nari nemeye ko uyu mwaka nanjye nzaba narasanye iwacu, ejo bundi tuzajya KWIBUKA ntarabikora, byongeye kunanira, birababaje.

Izi nazo ni ingaruka, ni agahinda ntago bikwiriye, ariko nyine nanjye sinjye, reka nizere ko wenda igihe kizagera NKABISHOBORA, imana izanshoboze, impe uyu mutima.

RUBYIRUKO nshuti zanjye Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi yarabaye, iba yabanje gutegurwa, ishyirwa mu bikorwa ku manywa yihangu abariho icyo gihe tubirebesha amaso;

Isi yose yatereranye UMUTUTSI, mu minsi 100 twahindutse nk'ibicibwa, twahindutse ruvumwa, ubuzima buradusharirira tubura epfo tubura ruguru.

Yabaye Iminsi 100 y'ishavu n'agahinda ndenga kamere, duhura n'urupfu, ruraduhumurira mu mpande zose, twabuze ikizere cyo kubaho tugera aho umuntu yifuza kuzicwa n'isasu kuko twumvaga ari rwo rupfu rwiza kuko twatinyaga Umuhoro, Inkota, Ubuhiri bushinzemo imisumari cyangwa agafuni, gusa byarangiye Abatutsi barenga 99,9% barishwe Nibyo batinyaga;

Ako gahinda ndenga kamere twabonye abakaduhoza, dufite abahagurutse bitanga batizigama batanga ubuzima bwabo ngo bagaragarike Jenoside, H.E @PaulKagame n'Umuryango mugari W'INKOTANYI @rpfinkotanyi tubafitiye igihango cy'Ubuzima MWARAKOZE gutuma tubaho, tukaba abo turibo uyu munsi, twarakomeretse, turashenguka ariko turiho;

Rubyiruko nshuti zanjye, muri abana bacu, muri barumuna bacu tuzabarinda kandi tuzarinda uru Rwanda, ariko mufite mission, mission yo gukomeza ibyo Bakuru bacu natwe ubwacu twubatse ( Igihugu, Ubumwe bwacu, Umutekano wacu n'iterambere ryacu ), mufite mission yo kutemera abapfobya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, abayihakana, abayihembera nababiba URWANGO muzababwire OYA;

Mufite mission yo kutazamera kongera gupfa, mufite mission yo gukomeza uru Rwanda mufite mission ya KARAME RWANDA.

Impore wowe worokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, BAHO kandi haranira kubaho neza kuko nicyo gisubizo tugomba guha abashatse kuturimbura, BAHO kuko ufite mission yatumye urokoka igihe Isi yose yari Yaramaze kugucira urubanza rwo gupfa, BAHO WO KABAHO WE, HOBERA UBUZIMA MWENE DATA.

SADATE MUNYAKAZI

[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!

[Rwanda in Geneva @RwandaInGeneva]

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À Lausanne 🇨🇭, la communauté rwandaise de Suisse et les amis du Rwanda se sont réunis pour une veillée commémorative organisée par @ibukasuisse en collaboration avec l’Ambassade, dans le cadre de la 32e Commémoration du Génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994.

Dans leurs interventions, César Murangira, Président de @ibukasuisse, et @EdNguweneza, Premier Conseiller de l’Ambassade ont rappelé l’importance du devoir de mémoire, de sa transmission aux jeunes générations, ainsi que du rejet de toute forme de discours de haine, afin de préserver l’engagement collectif du « plus jamais ».

#Kwibuka32