EDITORIAL: Rwanda-Uganda border shootings an ominous sign

A Rwandan security officer inspects a vehicle from the Ugandan side at Cyanika border post. PHOTO | ROBERT MUHEREZA | NMG

It was a close call, but whether President Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame view it that way is a subject of conjecture.

The Rwanda border closure claimed its second and third victims on May 25, when Rwandan troops shot dead John Batista Kyerengye a Rwandan trader and Alex Nyesiga, a Ugandan, a short distance into Ugandan territory at the Kamwezi border crossing.