Kigali rubbishes report of refugees recruitment in Rwanda by Burundi rebels

A Burundian refugee camp at Mahama, Rwanda. The Burundi government is now accusing Rwanda of recruiting, training and arming groups that have been carrying out attacks in Bujumbura from refugee camps in Rwanda. PHOTO | FILE

The Burundi government is now accusing Rwanda of recruiting, training and arming groups that have been carrying out attacks in Bujumbura from refugee camps in Rwanda. 

At a press conference in the president’s office in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe said that a man was recently arrested in the capital smuggling in weapons from Rwanda and he admitted that it was not the first time he had done it.