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Rwanda looks to Uganda, Tanzania for fish to sell to DRC

Fishing boats on the shores of Lake Kivu in Western Province. FILE PHOTO | NATION

By  EDMUND KAGIRE

Uganda and Tanzania have taken over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s fish market from Rwanda, which is grappling with weak domestic production.

DRC is a huge fish market, with eastern part, North and Southern Kivu, consuming 100,000 tonnes annually.

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