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Small Hill Causes Big Trouble Between Burundi, Rwanda

January 11 2017

Rwanda

A territorial dispute has emerged over a hill located between Burundi and Rwanda, reports the East African (Nairobi, Kenya).

Since 2007, both of the neighbors have claimed the ridge between the southern Gisagara district in Rwanda and the northern Burundian province of Ngozi.

The hill is subject to determination by a joint border demarcation commission.

The dispute developed because of the changing course of the River Akanyaru, which has been used as a natural border...

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