Mpondwe crossing at the Uganda- DR Congo border. Connectivity between the two countries is expected to double trade volumes and strengthen relations that have remained frosty due to instability in eastern DRC. PHOTO | AFP
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage electricity lines.
That appears to be the lesson from the Uganda government's strategic shift in its regional policy towards the Democratic Republic of Congo, its large, rich, but a troubled westerly neighbour.
