Kigali

Economy

Kigali: Business threatened by Burundian crisis

09-13-2016 Heads of two leading travel agencies in Kigali say they have sustained major financial losses due to the border closure between Burundi and Rwanda. In late July, the Burundi government suspended food exports to Rwanda – allegedly due to drought – and Burundian security officers have since prevented passengers’ (...)
Politics

Kigali Summit : Was it worth pulling out?


07-25-2016 After Burundi withdrawal from the African Union summit in Kigali, the reasons given by the Government are not convincing enough and questions are still persistent. “We decided not to participate in the Executive Council and the Conference of Heads of States on two grounds,” said Alain Aimé Nyamitwe, the (...)