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Government denies Ugandans being harassed

    NAIROBI

    Both the Rwandan government and the Ugandan embassy in Kigali have denied what they call "false reports" that Ugandan nationals living in the Rwandan capital have been harassed and intimidated in the wake of the clash between the two countries' armies in Kisangani last week.

    Secretary-general in the Rwandan Ministry of Internal Affairs Seth Kamazi said the allegations, reported in the Ugandan 'Monitor' newspaper, were "baseless and only intended to tarnish the good relationship between the two states", Rwandan Radio reported on Thursday. "Ugandans in all sectors are happily going on with their day-to-day work in harmony with their Rwandan neighbours", it also quoted an official in the Ugandan embassy as saying. The 'Monitor' had reported that Ugandans in Rwanda were living in fear and had stopped speaking the Lugandan language after the Kisangani fighting.

    Twenty sentenced for genocide

    Gikongoro Criminal Court has sentenced eight people to life imprisonment and 12 more to 10-year sentences for their involvement in the 1994 genocide, Radio Rwanda reported on Thursday. Two others in the joint trial of 22 people were acquitted and released. The group were alleged to have been involved in hunting down and massacring ethnic Tutsis in Kibanga sector, Musange commune, Rwandan radio reported, adding that the convicted have been ordered to pay compensation amounting to US $475,000 to the victims' families.

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