The Government of Uganda has evicted 21 Rwandans including eight women, nine men and four children.<\/p>\n
The deportees arrived on Wednesday 22nd December 2021 around 3p.m through Kagitumba border in Nyagatare District.<\/p>\n
Rwanda has received over 50 nationals evicted from Uganda since the beginning of December 2021.<\/p>\n
These include 35 deported on 6th December, additional to more 42 Rwandans who arrived towards the end of November.<\/p>\n
The recent deportation follows series of circumstances under which Uganda has been expelling Rwandans after enduring torture in its detention facilities accusing them of being spies yet they had traveled to the country to run businesses or visit relatives among other reasons.<\/p>\n
Rwanda, Uganda relations worsened since 2017. Rwanda has been expressing concerns over Rwandans who travel to Uganda for business purposes but are abducted, imprisoned and tortured accused of being spies.<\/p>\n
Rwanda also accuses Uganda of hosting dissidents posing threat to national security.<\/p>\n
In March 2019, the Government of Rwanda officially advised citizens not to travel to Uganda for their security following testimonies of over 1000 Rwandans tortured and deported from Uganda.<\/p>\n
In August 2019, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame signed memorandum of understanding \u2018Luanda Agreement\u2019 in a bid to solve conflicts between both countries.<\/p>\n
Despite efforts to sign the agreement between both heads of state witnessed by mediators including the President of Angola, Joao Louren\u00e7o and Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the situation is still worsening as Uganda continues with arbitrary detention of Rwandans who are subjected to torture in its facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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