
Rwanda hosts 17th RECSA technical advisory committee meeting in Kigali
Advancing shared solutions to support peace, stability, and secure environments across the region.

Advancing shared solutions to support peace, stability, and secure environments across the region.

Hopes that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement to permanently end the war have led to a 6% drop in oil prices.

The Ukrainian government had requested to purchase the missiles and related equipment in order to further strengthen its military capabilities against Russia, which continues to carry out attacks on Ukraine.

Ronald Rwivanga has officially been sworn in as the Force Commander of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF), taking over from Kenya’s Brig Gen (Rtd) Paul Kahuria Njema, who served in the role for the past three years.

The announcement was made by Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, has declared that Iran is prepared to shoot down more American fighter jets if the United States resumes attacks on Iran.

President Donald Trump announced that the United States had planned to launch strikes against Iran, but the operation was suspended just one hour before he was expected to give the final order.

Donald Trump announced that he postponed planned U.S. military strikes against Iran after receiving requests from several countries in the Middle East region.

Donald Trump announced that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, assured him that Beijing would never supply weapons to Iran as Tehran remains engaged in conflict with the United States.

Remarks by Donald Trump rejecting Iran’s response to a ceasefire proposal sent by Washington have further escalated tensions between the two countries.