Rwandan tycoon Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa at centre of 2019 border closure dies

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Rwandan industrialist Ribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa. PHOTO | COURTESY

Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa, the Rwandan businessman who was thrust into the heart of the Uganda-Rwanda diplomatic dispute that led to Rwanda closing its border in 2019, died this week in the United Arab Emirates.

Media reports quoted family sources as saying Rujugiro died at his home in Dubai shortly after dinner on Tuesday night while he watched a movie with a grandson. He was aged 82.