Rwanda accuses Tanzania of blocking its milk exports 

Workers packing products at Inyange Industries in Rwanda. Rwanda produced 1 billion metric tonnes of milk in 2023.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media group

A dispute has emerged between Rwanda and Tanzania over trade in dairy products, with Kigali accusing Dodoma of blocking its milk exports in spite of a memorandum signed in January.

The matter came up at a roundtable of the East African Business Council CEOs with the East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General last week in Rwanda, in which the private sector pointed out number of barriers to trade.