Rwanda Air Rwanda’s national carrier resumed flights to Bujumbura the capital of its troubled neighbour yesterday, two weeks after suspending the Bujumbura route.
John Mirenge, Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Air, told Rwandan Newspaper The New Times on Tuesday they would be resuming flights to Rwanda’s southern neighbour after assessing the situation and confirming that it is safe to fly to the country which has been rocked by violent protests for two months now.
Burundians are trying to stop their President Pierre Nkurunziza from standing for a thrid term, something he found a constitutional way around. and is planinng on contesting in the polls slated for June.
A failed coup has seen an attempt to purge all people who supported the coup and has seen hundreds of thousands of Burundians flee the country.
Opposition and protesters insist Nkurunziza has already served his maximum two-term limits, which his supporters dispute arguing that his first term does not count since he was picked by parliament, and not elected through adult universal suffrage.
