2021 in Rwanda explained

Events in the year 2021 in Rwanda.

See also: 2021 in East Africa and 2021 in Middle Africa.

Incumbents

• President: Paul Kagame
• Prime Minister: Édouard Ngirente

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda

• 5 March – Rwanda is the first African nation to receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 102,960 doses of Pfizer and 240,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have arrived through the U.N. COVAX program. Rwanda has had 19,000 cases and 265 deaths related to the virus.^[1]

Scheduled events

• 24 August to 5 September – Scheduled date for the AfroBasket 2021, to be hosted by Rwanda.^[2]

Deaths

• February 22 – Seif Bamporiki, politician (Rwanda National Congress (RNC); killed during a robbery in South Africa^[3]

See also

• International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Notes and References

1. News: Uwiringiyimana . Clement . Rwanda becomes first African nation to use Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine . March 6, 2021 . news.yahoo.com . Reuters . March 6, 2021.
2. Web site: FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update . fiba.basketball . 7 January 2021.
3. News: Rwandan Seif Bamporiki killed in South Africa . February 22, 2021 . BBC News . BBC World News . 22 February 2021.