Presidents Paul Kagame (left) and Yoweri Museveni in Uganda on March 25, 2018. PHOTO | RWANDA PRESIDENCY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri
Museveni are on Friday expected to shed more light on the political
tensions affecting their countries when they meet in Angola for talks on
security matters in the Great Lakes.
Sources told The EastAfrican
that both President Museveni and Kagame will attend the one-day
Quadripartite Summit in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on an invitation by
Angolan President João Lourenço.
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is also expected to attend the function.
Kampala
and Kigali have been feuding since 2017 leading to a breakdown in
relations early this year that affected the flow of goods and people
across their common border.
Rwanda accuses Uganda of supporting rebels and dissidents opposed to Kagame’s government, a charge that Museveni denies.
Uganda also accuses Kigali of conducting espionage on its soil and infiltrating its security apparatus.
The DRC armed rebel situation is also likely to be on the table
as the country borders all the three countries that will be represented
at the summit.
The security and human rights situation
in the DRC continues to be of concern, according to the United National
Security Council, which reported that at least 890 people were killed in
clashes last December in four villages in community clashes.
President
Tshisekedi recently vowed to flush out rebel groups in the eastern part
of the country and asked neighbouring to join the fight.
Armed conflict in DRC last year forced over 35,000 Congolese to seek refuge in Angola with 900,000 others internally displaced.
Rwanda, Angola and Uganda host millions of Congolese refugees.
The
four heads of state are also expected to discuss the Ebola crisis in
eastern DR Congo which has claimed over 1,600 people, according to World
Health Organisation.
The disease broke out in North Kivu before spreading to Ituri.
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