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Rwanda closes 250 non-compliant alcoholic drinks factories

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Rwandan authorities have closed 250 factories producing alcoholic drinks of substandard quality, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana announced. Another 200 businesses that had applied for licences had not yet started operating; the minister cited these figures at a meeting of the National Consultative Forum of Political Organisations, Ktpress reports.

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