Big day for Rwanda, Uganda as they reopen borders three years later

The Gatuna common border was closed in 2019 and efforts by regional and continental counterparts to broker an agreement bore no fruits. [Courtesy]

Rwanda has this morning reopened its land borders with Uganda, including the busy Gatuna border post for the first time after almost three years. The closure was precipitated by the deterioration of relations between the two countries.

According to Robert Cyubahiro, a Rwandese journalist following the developments, the first man - a truck driver from Kamanyola in the Democratic Republic of Congo crossed the reopened border at around 5:10AM today.