machettes Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/machettes/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 26 May 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 machettes Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/machettes/ 32 32 Two killings raise simmering tensions along Uganda Rwanda border https://jjcornish.com/2019/05/two-killings-raise-simmering-tensions-along-uganda-rwanda-border/ Sun, 26 May 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/05/two-killings-raise-simmering-tensions-along-uganda-rwanda-border/ The deaths of  two Ugandans by Rwanda police gunfire has raised simmering tensions between the two Great Lakes countries. Authorities in Kampala and Kigali are at odds over where the shootings took place. ends intro For some months, Rwanda’s partly closed its border with Uganda for allegedly supporting rebels against President Paul Kagame. Rwandan authorities […]

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Authorities in Kampala and Kigali are at odds over where the shootings took place.
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For some months, Rwanda’s partly closed its border with Uganda for allegedly supporting rebels against President Paul Kagame.
Rwandan authorities say,  Ugandan smugglers about to be apprehended by Rwandan police  last Friday attacked them with machettes. The police fatally shot two of them who were carried back across the border into Uganda by their gang.
Kampala authorities insist the Rwandas soldiers crossed into Uganda and fired on innocent civilians.
The increased tension has further restricted movement across the border between these formerly close allies in the fight against the dictator Idi Amin.

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