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Tension builds up between Uganda, Rwanda over citizens’ arrests

By  EDMUND KAGIRE

Tensions between Rwanda and Uganda have escalated over the arrest of citizens across their common border.

Ugandan traders have protested the arrest of a Ugandan money changer by Rwandan authorities.
The mayor of Katuna Nelson Baba Nshangabasheija said that the Ugandan, Justus Tweyongyere was “detained” after he deposited money at a bank in Gatuna.

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