Unease in Kigali over Kikwete’s call for talks with FDLR
FDLR soldiers in 2009. The rebels remain a security headache for Rwanda. Photo/FILE
The bitter exchange of words between Kigali and Dar over the past two weeks is a pointer to longstanding subterranean tensions between the two countries.
The spat, an unexpected setback for regional diplomacy, was triggered a fortnight ago after Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete suggested that Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame consider direct talks with rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
