Rwanda: All You Need to Know As Rwanda National Police Turn 25

Twenty-five years ago, Rwanda took a major step in rebuilding its security sector by establishing the Rwanda National Police (RNP), a unified force that has since grown into one of the country's key institutions in maintaining safety, stability, and regional peacekeeping.

The creation of RNP in 2000 marked a turning point in Rwanda's post-genocide recovery and institutional reforms. President Paul Kagame ordered the merger of three separate security institutions that had previously operated under different ministries.

These were the Gendarmerie Nationale under the Ministry of Defence, the Police Communale under the Ministry of Local Government, and the Police Judiciaire under the Ministry of Justice.