Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have decided to remove the need for visas, so people can travel between both countries without visa.
This agreement is meant to make it easier for people to travel between the two countries and to make trade stronger.
The agreement comes after recent discussions between officials from both countries in the capital city of DR Congo, Kinshasa.
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has been asking for a policy where people can freely visit the two countries without needing a visa for several months.
Crossing in East Africa should not have any cost associated with it. You have to pay for a visa when traveling to America or Europe, but having to pay for a visa to go to DR Congo is ridiculous. “If that’s true, I got rid of it,” President Museveni said in December when he opened the Mpondwe one-stop border post on Uganda’s border with DR Congo.
In May, he requested the officials from both countries to make the process of allowing travel without visas faster.
Many people from Uganda and Congo have said that they have to pay a lot of money for visas when they cross the border.
Date: