The International Monetary Fund issued a revised forecast for Rwanda’s gross domestic product this year, lowering its projected growth from 6.2 percent to 5.2 percent.

International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., United States.

“We will have to revise down our projections from 6.2 percent to somewhere around 5.2 percent,” Laure Redifer, the IMF’s mission chief for Rwanda said.

Reporting by Clement Uwiringiyimana; Writing by Aaron Maasho; Editing by Larry King