Tanzania, Rwanda strike a deal on truck drivers

Cargo trucks at Rusumo post on the Rwanda-Tanzania border. Rwanda came up with measures that Tanzania drivers find too strict. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Rwanda and Tanzania have resolved a fallout between long-distance truck drivers and authorities at the Rusumo Border Post.

In a statement on Friday, Rwanda said that delegations from both countries had reached a deal in a virtual bilateral meeting to ease the truck drivers impasse.