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Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda but says grievances remain

People wait to be served at the Rwanda custom offices at the Gatuna one-stop border post at Gicumbi, northern Rwanda, January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

Rwanda on Monday re-opened a border crossing with Uganda closed three years ago when the government accused Kampala of harassing its nationals and supporting dissidents bent on removing the government in Kigali.

In turn the government of President Yoweri Museveni accused Rwanda of conducting illegal espionage in Uganda, which suffered a huge drop in exports with the border closed.

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