The City of Kigali has said mud bricks or adobe are not allowed to be used in construction of commercial buildings, churches, or mosques The announcement was made on Wednesday, April 2, as part of ...

Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) released new guidelines in 2022 for the use of adobe (mud) bricks, commonly known as Rukarakara, with the aim of improving their standards and preventing disasters in ...

Here, the city's 7,000 residents lived in residential mud-brick high-rise buildings. Some of these structures rose over 30 meters tall and had up to 12 stories. While the city was founded around ...