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Rwanda now offers visa on arrival for all

The Kigali International Airport. Rwanda will from January 2018 issue visa on arrival to all visitors. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

By  EDMUND KAGIRE

Rwanda has announced a new visa regime that allows travellers from across the world to be issued a 30-day visa on arrival in Kigali, beginning January 1, 2018.

The first of its kind in Africa, the visa-on-arrival policy was approved by a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on November 8.

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