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Uganda denies rift with Rwanda

[Chad] A maze of pipes moves crude oil around at Kome oilfield, southern Chad. The project is being touted as a test case to prove that petro-dollars can benefit the poor. Esso Photo
Un labyrinthe de tuyaux sert à acheminer le pétrole depuis le sud du Tchad vers le site d'exportation au Cameroun
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    The Ugandan government meanwhile denied reports of a rift with Rwanda over military operations in DRC, the Ugandan semi-official 'New Vision' daily reported on Friday.

    A foreign ministry statement stressed the recent meeting in Tanzania between the presidents of the two countries came within the framework of the Lusaka peace process and was a "follow-up" to the meeting in Sirte, Libya.

    The statement took issue with "misleading" reports in Ugandan newspapers which "reduced the purpose of the mini-summit to an attempt by [Tanzanian] President Benjamin Mkapa to resolve a rift between Uganda and Rwanda". Libyan television said Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu had held talks in Kigali with a Libyan envoy who brought him a message from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

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