Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza. Last December, Nkurunziza asked the EAC leadership to urgently convene an extraordinary summit to address the differences between Burundi and Rwanda. PHOTO | AFP
As Uganda and Rwanda took a step towards normalising their sour relations, there seemed to be no end in sight for the bad blood between Kigali and Burundi.
In Bugabira Commune in Kirundo Province in Burundi’s northern border with Rwanda, residents are still blocked from crossing into Rwanda for family visits or to work in farms.
