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Rwanda's Markets Brace for COVID-19

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Shoppers in Kigali's Ki...ndors. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Shoppers in Kigali's Kimironko Market are met with masked vendors. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Shoppers in Kigali's Ki...thers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Shoppers in Kigali's Kimironko Market stock up on essential items that have been price fixed in order to prevent exploitative price gouging. The Ministry of Trade listed 17 items including rice, sugar, and cooking oil among others. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Shoppers in Kigali's Kimironko Market are met with masked vendors. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Tailors Mukagasana Jose and Ale...ronko market on March 17, 2020.

Tailors Mukagasana Jose and Alexander Nshimiyimana work on orders of kitenge masks and other clothing at Kigali's Kimironko market on March 17, 2020.

Pierre Mahiraguha, a vendor at ...ngers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Pierre Mahiraguha, a vendor at Kimironko Market in Kigali, wears a handmade "kitenge" cloth mask during his work, which keeps him in close contact with many strangers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

William Nshimiyimana, a vendor ...ngers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

William Nshimiyimana, a vendor at Kimironko Market in Kigali, wears a handmade "kitenge" cloth mask during his work, which keeps him in close contact with many strangers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Eugene Amuri, a vendor at Kimir...ngers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Eugene Amuri, a vendor at Kimironko Market in Kigali, wears a handmade "kitenge" cloth mask during his work, which keeps him in close contact with many strangers. Taken on March 17, 2020.

Shoppers in Kigali's Kimironko Market are met with masked vendors. Taken on March 17, 2020.

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Rwanda's Markets Brace for COVID-19

Copyright Maggie Andresen 2024

Updated May 2020

Topics coronavirus, Covid-19, covid19, Epidemics, Fear, Food, Health/Healing, Isolation, Pandemics, Photojournalism

REUTERS: Price gouging of 17 essential items, including rice, sugar, and cooking oil, was expressly prohibited by Rwanda's Ministry of Trade in response to hiked prices after COVID-19 disruption. As Rwandan consumers buy these nonperishable items and more in bulk, vendors are forced to import more goods at higher prices. "We used to sell 100 KG of beans in one or two weeks," said Yousef Abdul, a vendor at Kimironko market. "But now we've sold that within two days."

Taken on assignment for Reuters on 17 March 2020. Republished in Le Monde, Financial Times, NPR, and others.

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