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The West Midland Rwandan community association elected a new executive committee during their annual general assembly Saturday 26 November 2016.
The electoral committee chaired by Godefroid Seminega and seconded by Bosco Ngabonzima and Liliane Tebuka Bizindavyi convened and presented the election procedure and presented all the posts to be elected for the WM-RCA committee.
Bosco Mugengana was elected as the new chairperson, replacing Bosco Ngabonzima.
The newly elected committee members are :
Bosco Mugengana who was elected chair of WMRCA
Alain Nkusi was elected Vice Chairman
Oswald Manzi was elected Secretary and Media Communication
Margaret Gasana was elected Treasurer
Leonard Julien Mutangana was elected Youth and mobilisation
Gender, Culture and welfare: Nadine Keza and Mary
Alai Binga was elected as Diaspora commission while Ghislain Ntezimana (Rukara), Jules David Mucyo and Evelyn Kankindi where elected as Financial Auditors
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Hundreds of Rwandans and friends of Rwanda in West midland came together to mark the 22nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The function which was organised by West Midlands Rwandese Community Association {WM-RCA} took place Saturday 23rd April 2016 at St Georges Community Hub, Great Hampton Row, Newtown, Birmingham in West Midland.
Speaking at the event, Rwanda’s High Commissioner in UK HE Yamina Karitanyi, urged commemorators to stand united for the common good to ensure what happened in Rwanda 22 years ago, does not happen elsewhere. “She requested Rwandans to fight genocide denial and channel their energy into constructive actions to build a better country, a proud legacy to future generations".
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This Saturday 08th of February 2014, The Kwibuka Flame of Hope reached the city of Coventry in (West Midlands).
The event was attended by Rwandans and friends of Rwanda living in West Midlands including Rwandan Student's Association from University of Birmingham.
Upon receiving The Kwibuka Flame of Hope from the Reading delegation at the Coventry Transport Museum, the West Midlands Rwandan Community Chairman, Mr Bosco Ngabonzima, handed it over to two 20 years old Rwandan youths, Natalie Gasaro and Serge Ngaboyisonga, who then led other members of the community on a Walk of Remembrance through the City of Coventry.
The walk ended at Saint Peter's Centre where participants took a minute of silence in remembrance of the innocent victims of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, followed by prayers, survivor testimonies and a keynote address by the community Chairman Mr Bosco Ngabonzima. The participant also viewed the Kwibuka20 documentary and listened to the kwibuka theme songs.
In 1994, over a million peoples, Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in just 100 days. This massacre occurred while the international community closed its eyes.
The Association aims to keep afloat the ties between Rwandans at home and those living in the West Midlands as well as keeping the Rwandan culture alive by 
The Association is dedicated to provide a wide variety of social support and assistance to members of the Rwandan community in West Midlands, helping every Rwandan