École Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Kigali École Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Kigali The École Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Kigali (EFASE), also known as the Kigali French School, is a school in Downtown Kigali, Rwanda. The school, with a capacity of 400 students, serves nursery ("maternelle") to upper secondary ("lycée") levels. The school was created in 1973. The school was closed from 1994 to 1998 due to deteriorated relations between the Governments of France and Rwanda following the Rwandan Genocide. In 2006, after France and Rwanda severed diplomatic relations, the Rwandan authorities forced the school to close. They gave a 72-hour deadline for the school to end
African Continental Free Trade Area 8-9 March 2018 the African Union Ministers of Trade approved the draft. At the extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of the African Union on 21 March in Kigali the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area was signed, along with the Kigali Declaration and the Protocol of Free Movement. Other countries who signed the Kigali declaration, including South Africa and Namibia, are expected to sign the agreement during the AU summit in July. Negotiations will continue in 2018 with Phase II, including policies of investment, competition and intellectual property rights. On the January 2020 AU Assembly negotiations are envisaged