Museveni and Mugabe: Two strange bed fellows

Museveni and Mugabe: Two strange bed fellows

SIDE BY SIDE: Museveni and Mugabe in Harare Monday

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By Agencies

UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday on a three-day state visit, the first since the end of the war in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in which Kampala and Harare backed opposing sides.

Museveni was welcomed by President Robert Mugabe, a guard of honour and thousands of Zimbabwe ruling party supporters when he arrived at Harare airport.

The east African leader, who is leading a high-powered team which includes government ministers and top businessmen, immediately went into talks with Mugabe at his official Harare residence.

This is Museveni's first visit to Zimbabwe since 1989 and also his first since the end of the war in DRC, which began in August 1998 and formally ended last year.

Zimbabwe deployed up to 12 000 troops to prop up Kabila's government
Uganda sided with Rwanda in backing rebels fighting to topple the government of the late DRC president Laurent Kabila.

Zimbabwe deployed up to 12 000 troops to prop up Kabila's government.

Museveni is expected to tour a local pharmaceutical factory manufacturing AIDS drugs later Monday, and on Tuesday he will visit a farm outside Harare.

He is expected to leave Zimbabwe early on Wednesday.

Museveni is the current chairman of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a regional grouping that aims to promote trade and investment between members - Reuters
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