2024 in Rwanda

Events in the year 2024 in Rwanda.

Incumbents

 * President: Paul Kagame
 * Prime minister: Édouard Ngirente

Events

 * 16 January – A Congolese soldier is killed and two others are arrested by the Rwandan Army in a cross-border shooting incident in Rubavu District.
 * 19 February – Rwanda rejects the United States’ calls to withdraw troops and missile systems from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing threats from an alleged Congolese military build-up near the border.
 * 23 June – A crowd crush at an electoral rally attended by President Paul Kagame in Rubavu leaves one person dead and 37 others injured.
 * 6 July – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the discontinuing of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 enacted by his predecessor Rishi Sunak, under which some asylum-seekers trying to enter the UK would have been deported to Rwanda.
 * 8 July – A United Nations report reveals that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
 * 15 July: 2024 Rwandan general election: President Paul Kagame wins a fourth term in office while his Rwandan Patriotic Front and its allies retain their majority in the Chamber of Deputies.

Ongoing

 * Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present)