This archive report was first published on 30 August 2019.
Published on August 30, 2019, a delegation of Rwanda and Ugandan officials and ministers are working on a joint meeting to discuss the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Angola by Rwanda and Uganda leaders to end months of tensions.
The planned convention serves a clause in the Luanda agreement which calls both countries to establish an Adhoc committee for the implementation of the MoU headed by the ministries of foreign affairs and composed of the ministers responsible for internal administration and intelligence chiefs.
According to a highly placed source, the first high-level official meeting could happen in the next few weeks, with both parties confident that the agreement will be fully implemented.
However, no update has been provided as of this week regarding what has so far been implemented from the agreement.
President Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni embarked on busy schedules since signing the agreement last Wednesday and have not publicly commented anything regarding its implementation.
Both leaders travelled to Japan for the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development (Ticad) shortly after meeting in Luanda last week.
The two countries have also held talks over the back and forth censorship of online media websites that each country deems to be spreading propaganda and inciting insecurity.
Uganda's Communication Centre ordered internet providers to block Rwanda's only daily newspaper, The New Times, as well as online tabloid Igihe, on grounds of national security on August 16.
The Rwanda Utility and Regulatory Authority countered by blocking a host of Ugandan sites including New Vision, Daily Monitor, The Observer, Chimp Reports, and The Independent.
Both regulators discussed resolving the impasse and agreed to debate how to publish content that follows proper media ethics in the interest of regional integration.
