Security Tops Agenda at Uganda-Rwanda Border Meeting

Uganda and Rwanda Strengthen Cross-Border Security Cooperation

Mbarara City – Uganda, and Rwanda have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cross-border security and enhancing trade facilitation following the successful conclusion of the Third Uganda-Rwanda Cross Border Security Meeting held in Mbarara, Uganda, on February 27, 2025. The high-level meeting, a continuation of efforts initiated under the 11th Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) in March 2023, follows two prior engagements in Kabale, Uganda…

Security Tops Agenda at Uganda-Rwanda Border Meeting

Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke (right), Uganda’s High Commissioner to Rwanda, and Ambassador Vincent Karega, Rwanda’s Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, sign a joint communiqué in Mbarara, Uganda. MBARARA, Uganda — Uganda and Rwanda pledged Wednesday to enhance cross-border security and ease trade flow following a meeting in Mbarara, according to a joint communique. The discussions, the third in a series of cross-border security meetings, aimed to…

Health at the heart of enhanced cross-border cooperation in North Africa Tunis, 20 February 2025 – In response to the increase in communicable diseases along migration routes, health and migration professionals called for better integration of health into border management protocols.This call was launched at a workshop organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on 18 and 19 February 2025 in Tunis, bringing together health an…