Other Rwanda border posts: Kagitumba, Cyanika, Nemba and more

The official list

The DGIE Border Services page lists entry points by neighbouring country. It shows no publication date and was read on 24 October 2026 ¹. Gatuna, Rusumo and the Rubavu and Rusizi crossings have their own pages on this site. This page covers the others.

DGIE lists Kigali International Airport and Bugesera International Airport as international airports, Kamembe as a local airport and Nkora and Ruganda as ports ¹. Residents near the border may receive a border pass or jeton for daily cross-border activity under bilateral or regional agreements ¹.

Kagitumba, facing Mirama Hills in Uganda

Kagitumba in eastern Rwanda faces Mirama Hills in Uganda. KT Press reported on 3 October 2017 that the Kagitumba-Mirama Hills one-stop border post was to be fully used from 15 October 2017, under a public notice from the Uganda Revenue Authority ³. The notice followed completion of the US$22 million Ntungamo-Mirama road ³.

The report gave the distance from Kigali to Kampala as 516 km via Katuna and 508 km via Kagitumba ³. It cited DGIE figures of 2,000 to 2,200 travellers a day at Katuna and 800 to 900 at Kagitumba-Mirama ³. This page has not found a later official traffic figure.

Cyanika, facing Kisoro in Uganda

Cyanika is in Burera District in Northern Province and connects to Kisoro District in Uganda, as reported by Jessica Agasaro in The New Times on 20 February 2025 ⁴. Citing Ministry of Trade and Industry data, the report put trade through the post at US$19 million in 2024, about Rwf 26.6 billion ⁴. Import value rose from US$9.6 million in 2023 to US$11.98 million in 2024. Export value rose from just under US$1 million to US$3.48 million ⁴.

The report said Cyanika did not have a one-stop border post ⁴. A parking lot and a 732 square metre warehouse with 34 commercial rooms were under construction ⁴. It quoted Minister of Trade and Industry Prudence Sebahizi saying trucks parked on the roads ⁴.

Nemba and the Burundi border

The Gasenyi-Nemba one-stop border post in Bugesera District became operational in February 2012 after Rwanda and Burundi signed a memorandum of understanding, as reported by Ivan R. Mugisha in The New Times on 14 February 2012 ². The report said one check-in point managed by officials of both countries replaced two offices. It said the African Development Bank funded the post with US$47 million, part of it for 149 km of feeder roads ².

Burundi's foreign minister Albert Shingiro declared the border with Rwanda reopened in October 2022, after it had been closed for almost six years, as reported by Eloge Willy Kaneza for the Associated Press ⁶. The report said Rwanda had reopened its side several months earlier ⁶.

Burundi closed its borders with Rwanda again from 11 January 2024, as reported by Jean de la Croix Tabaro in KT Press ⁵. The Office of the Government Spokesperson in Kigali called it a unilateral decision that would restrict the free movement of people and goods ⁵. In April 2024 Mireille Kanyange reported for D+C that the closure was for an indefinite period and described traders from Cibitoke and Ngozi provinces who had sold goods in Rwandan markets ⁷. Status as of 24 October 2026: closed by Burundi from 11 January 2024, according to the latest sources found, dated January and April 2024 ^5,7. This page could not confirm a reopening from a source that meets the site's rules.

DR Congo posts outside Rubavu and Rusizi

Bugarama and Kabuhanga are the DR Congo-facing posts not covered on the Rubavu and Rusizi pages ¹. A Ministry of Health notice of 22 May 2026 reinforced health screening at all land entry points along the DR Congo border. It denied entry to foreign nationals who had been in DR Congo in the previous 30 days ⁸. This page has not found a source on the operating status of Bugarama or Kabuhanga after that notice.

Customs offices at the border

The Rwanda Trade Portal, managed by the Rwanda Revenue Authority, lists customs clearance points at Cyanika, Gatuna, Kagitumba, La Corniche, Nemba, Poids Lourds, Rusizi I, Rusizi II and Rusumo, plus the Gikondo Inland Customs Office and Kigali International Airport ⁹. It lists simplified clearance procedures for imports at each of these land posts ⁹.