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Rwanda’s tea industry faces scrutiny over direct sales and transparency
Rwanda’s tea often fetches premium prices, averaging 15–20 percent more than other East African producers at the Mombasa tea auction in Kenya, where regional growers gather weekly to sell their produce. From there, buyers distribute the tea worldwide. Increasingly,…
RWANDA’S ILLEGAL MINERS: A LIFE OF RISK AND RELENTLESS POVERTY
By Clemy Keza For much of his young life, Jean Baptiste Uwamungu believed illegal mining was what everyone in Rwanda did to survive poverty. “I was probably 10,” said the now 28-year-old father of two. “My parents mined, everyone in our neighborhood did. It wasn’t strange. It was survival.” “At first,…
In Rwanda, Ex-Smugglers Help To Tackle Border Crimes
By Mutangana Emmanuel Gatuna Border - a border point between Rwanda and Uganda. GATUNA BORDER – When Eric Gatabazi was arrested in 2022 trying to smuggle five jerrycans of the banned alcoholic drink Kanyanga into Rwanda, he thought he could…
Danger lurks around Rwanda’s abandoned mining pits
3 0 By Samuel Ngendahimana Yves Ndahiriwe was walking home with his goats herd at the end of the day when his life changed forever. While trying to turn the goats back toward his village, the 21-year-old slipped and fell…
How Rwandan traders avoid issuing sales receipts to evade taxes
By Fulgence Kwizera ( The Kaminuza Star ) KIGALI – Solange Mukamana needed a new mattress when she visited the Kimironko market in Kigali. Finally settling on the one she wanted, she paid the merchant RwF70,000 ($50).However, when Mukamana…
Inside the smuggling networks of Rwanda’s illicit Kanyanga Trade
By Philos Muhire Thierry Uwiringiyimana was about to become a first-time father and he needed money to support his family. Faced with limited options to earn a living, he crossed the border from Rwanda into Uganda in August 2024 to buy…
Quel sort pour les ménages à relocaliser des îles ?
Le ministère de l’Administration locale a présenté un plan visant à indemniser et relocaliser les ménages vivant sur plusieurs îles lacustres. Les îles concernées sont Mwegerera et Mukira dans le district de Musanze, Munanira dans le district de Burera, Sharita…
