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Vol 60 No 6

Published 22nd March 2019


Rwanda

Sibling rivalry turns ugly

A mixture of real fears and deep paranoia on both sides lies behind the current crisis, stirring memories of a vicious clash nearly 20 years ago

Ten days after Rwanda closed its main border post with Uganda on 28 February, forcing trucks and buses from Uganda into days-long delays at the customs post of the quieter Mirama Hills crossing, and while their intelligence services' propaganda machinery waged war on social media, Presidents Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni addressed themselves to the crisis.

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