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Small-scale trade in the Great Lakes Region: Eight emerging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Truck at Mpondwe border carrying goods belonging to a group of small-scale traders engaging in cluster trade during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Eri Muhindo
In the border communities of the Great Lakes Region (GLR), small-scale cross border trade (SSCBT) is a source of income and livelihood. It provides access to goods and services that enable vulnerable households to increase their resilience against frequent shocks, including conflict, and escape extreme poverty.
These restrictions have completely upended small-scale trade as it has been known for decades, and reversed some of the gains made through the World Bank-supported Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project. The project, which has been under implementation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Uganda and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa since 2015, had registered significant impacts before the p
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed when gunmen attacked an area in southern Burundi, three local witnesses told Reuters on Monday.
It was unclear whether the dead were members of the security forces, civilians or the attackers. The witnesses asked not to be named for fear of repercussions.
The fighting in Bugarama district in Rumonge province began on Sunday and continued into Monday and people were hiding in the bush, a resident who escaped the attack told Reuters.
“The gunmen kidnapped everyone they met and killed them before engaging in fighting with the army on Sunday morning,” the man said. He asked for anonymity to avoid reprisals.
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President Ndayishimiye calls for a major reform of the agro-pastoral sector
President Ndayishimiye calls for a major reform of the agro-pastoral sector
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The President of the Republic, His Excellency Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE enhanced the activities of a retreat on the implementation of the Agricultural Policy Document of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and the Environment, a retreat which was held this Tuesday, December 15 in Bugarama zone in the Commune and Province of Muramvya.
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and the Environment who presented the document indicated that this policy aims to increase production so that each citizen has enough to eat in accordance with the principle of Responsible and Laborious Government while protecting the environment.