Gisenyi is also home to Bralirwa, the only brewery in Rwanda, which manufactures various local beers Primus and Mützig, as well as Amstel, Guinness and a range of Coca Cola brand soft drinks.
Specifically, between 1 August and 5 September 1994 the Gersony team visited 91 sites in forty-one of the 145 communes of Rwanda, mostly in the areas of Kibungo, Gisenyi and Butare.
Nyundo, Rubavu, a mission in Rwanda on the Sebeya River to the east of Gisenyi
Nyiramilimo, an ethnic Tutsi, was born in Kinunu, Gisenyi prefecture, the seventeenth of her father's eighteen children, born to his second wife.
This made defending the last two northern towns of Ruhengeri and Gisenyi almost impossible.
The first plans for mass murder of Tutsi were also developed toward the end of 1990, mostly in a series of secret meetings in Gisenyi prefecture of the Akazu, a network of associates based around Agathe Habyarimana, the First Lady.
Western Province comprises the former provinces of Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye, and a small portion of Ruhengeri.