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Rwandans feel the pinch as Burundi fallout hits home

By Philip Kleinfeld
Freelance journalist and IRIN contributor

AKANYARU, 5 October 2016

Walking through Kimironko market in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, you wouldn’t necessarily realise its traders were struggling. Business seems brisk and stalls are overflowing with fruit, vegetables, and huge mounds of dried fish in baskets. But life for some of Kimironko’s traders hasn’t been easy over the past two months.

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