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UK in Rwanda
Murakaza neza! Welcome to the homepage of the British Embassy, Kigali, Rwanda.
Our Embassy represents the British Government in Rwanda and Burundi. We are based in the Rwandan capital Kigali, along with the UK's Department for International Development's Rwanda office.
On this website we provide information about our role, the services we offer, news about the UK's relationship with Rwanda and links to government and external sources of advice and information on the UK. We hope that visitors to our websites will find the content informative and helpful.
Government of Rwanda and DFID sign partnership to increase regional integration and trade for Rwanda
On Friday 27 February, the governments of Rwanda and the United Kingdom (UK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a 3-year programme of assistance worth £2 million to promote increased regional integration and trade for Rwanda in the East African Community (EAC). The Hon James Musoni, the Minister of Finance, signed the MOU for the Government of Rwanda and H.E. Nicholas Cannon, the British Ambassador to Rwanda, signed for the UK Government.
The governments of Rwanda and UK strongly believe that economic growth is the engine of development and to stimulate growth it is necessary to integrate markets, remove barriers to trade and reduce the region’s high transportation costs
LATEST NEWS
British Short Term Training team trained RDF
22 June 2009
British Short Term Training Team trained Non-Commissioned Officers of the Rwandan Defence Force
British Ambassador Nicholas Cannon launched a series of reports on international human rights treaties produced by Rwandan civil society
21 June 2009
Civil Society launch human rights reports
Rwanda, Kigali, British Embassy
British Embassy, Kigali, Rwanda
British Embassy
Parcelle No 1131
Boulevard de l'Umuganda
Kacyiru-Sud
BP 576 Kigali
Kigali
Telephone:
+250 (0)252 584098/ (0)252 586072
Fax:
+250 (0)252 582044
GMT:
Mon-Thurs: 0600-1000/1100-1500
Fri: 0600-1000
Local Time:
Mon-Thurs: 0800-1200/1300-1700
Fri: 0800-1200
Out of hours, Embassy in Kigali answer machine gives contact number
Duty Officer for emergency only: (+250) (0)78830 2343
