{"id":27878,"date":"2022-10-23T15:38:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T15:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda"},"modified":"2022-10-23T15:46:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T15:46:06","slug":"burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda","title":{"rendered":"Burundi Finally Opens Borders With Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Burundi government announced on Saturday that it had opened all its borders with neighbours saying \u2018Burundi is now accessible\u2019 according to a tweet by the security minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cImipaka yose ihuza u Burundi n\u2019ibihugu by\u2019abaturanyi irafunguye. U Burundi ni nyabagendwa,\u201d the tweet in Kirundi language stated loosely translated, all borders connecting Burundi to neighbouring countries are open. Burundi is now accessible.<\/p>\n

The Rwanda-Burundi border was initially closed in 2015 following a diplomatic row.<\/p>\n

According to the Burundian authorities they had been demanding Rwanda to handsover alleged perpetrators of the attempted coup in Burundi in 2015.<\/p>\n

The issue of alleged suspects, currently living in exile in Rwanda, has not been officially resolved and was a precondition to normalise relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

The border reopening follows a recent demand by President Ruto William of Kenya that EAC Partner States knock off barriers that impede trade across the bloc.<\/p>\n

President Evariste Ndayashimiye while attending the 60th Independence anniversary in Uganda called for doubled efforts towards integration of the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dearest wish is to see an integrated East Africa and a united Africa,\u201d He said on October 9th.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our place as leaders and citizens of the EAC region to work together so that we can transform our borders which today stand out as barriers and convert them to bridges so that goods, services and people can move across East Africa without any impediments,\u201d Ruto said while addressing Ugandans at their 60th independence celebrations in the capital Kampala.<\/p>\n

Ruto said the EAC should lead the way towards the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Burundi government announced on Saturday that it had opened all its borders with neighbours saying \u2018Burundi is now accessible\u2019 according to a tweet by the security minister. \u201cImipaka yose ihuza u Burundi n\u2019ibihugu by\u2019abaturanyi irafunguye. U Burundi ni nyabagendwa,\u201d the tweet in Kirundi language stated loosely translated, all borders connecting Burundi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-27878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nBurundi Finally Opens Borders With Rwanda - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Burundi government announced on Saturday that it had opened all its borders with neighbours saying \u2018Burundi is now a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Burundi Finally Opens Borders With Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Burundi government announced on Saturday that it had opened all its borders with neighbours saying \u2018Burundi is now a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-23T15:38:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-23T15:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-6355618d2f223.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Burundi Finally Opens Borders With Rwanda\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-23T15:38:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-23T15:46:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_1-6355618d2f223.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/burundi-finally-opens-borders-with-rwanda\",\"name\":\"Burundi Finally Opens Borders With Rwanda - 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