Construction begins on $700m airport project in eastern Rwanda

Construction has started on a $700-million airport project in eastern Rwanda, which the country's government says will be a major boost to efforts to integrate the East African Community and boost intra-Africa trade. "Bugesera International Airport is [also] an important part of Rwanda's strategy for socioeconomic transformation [and] is key to our ambitions to grow trade and the tourism, finance and information and communication technology sectors," President Paul Kagame said at the ground-breaking ceremony last month.