Relief as Congo-Rwanda border reopens with extended service hours
People trade at the Rwanda-DRC Rubavu border in a past photo. After nearly three years of restrictions on operational hours that saw the border point close at 3pm, the governor of North Kivu has directed that the border post be operational between 6am and 10pm.
The border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda has reopened after almost three years of partial restrictions.
Bahati Erasto, the governor of North Kivu who was appointed and installed by Corneille Nangaa, the leader of the M23/AFC, ordered the easing of restrictions on opening hours after the capture of Goma.
