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The second non-Somalia article in this edition is ‘Politicization of Rwanda Military Intelligence toward Ethnic Genocide and Post-Genocide Reforms for National Security’ by Raji Shittu, Emmanuel Ayila Agaku, and Hamza Ade Ayinde. The article examines the politicization of Rwanda military intelligence towards genocide and the post-genocide reforms for national security. Using secondary data, and the relative deprivation and custodian theory of military politics as its theoretical framework of analysis, the authors argue that the inter-ethnic political power struggle between the Tutsi and Hutus equally politicized and polarized the Rwanda military intelligence towards ethnic affiliation and weakened the quality and effectiveness of intelligence gathering to contain the genocide. The central theme of the article, however, is the fact that tremendous socio-economic improvements have been recorded in post-genocide Rwanda but that objective reforms of the military intelligence towards all-inclusive ethnic participation is far from being achieved; hence threats to inter-ethnic cohesion and national security. The article recommends that the Rwandan intelligence should be de-politicized to enhance national security.