EAC integration grows with Tanzania, Tanzania and Rwanda to open new border point

Rwanda and Tanzania are planning to open a new border place, as the dual nations extend business relations at a phase trade and diplomatic strengths pull regional allies in separate directions. The additional post will be launched at Tanzania’s Kyerwa district in Kagera Region to give a second route for people and goods and lower burden on the Rusumo border post.

Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, January Makamba, announced this in Kigali during his latest four-day visit to Rwanda.

“We want to make it easy for people of the two countries to cross and visit each other,” he said. “We have talked about the possibility and readiness to open a new border front in Kyerwa, and we are ready to have it operational.”