DIPLOMAT IN SEX SCANDAL IN RWANDA!

John Ngarambe has now returned to Rwanda. Rwanda has protested to Uganda about the arrest of a top diplomat for adultery, which is illegal in Uganda. John Ngarambe was briefly detained after he was photographed naked with a married woman at a hotel on Saturday. Rwanda's foreign minister told the BBC it was a "diplomatic scandal" and that police had entered his room and forced him to undress.

On Monday, Rwanda accused Uganda - its neighbour and former ally - of harbouring two Rwandan rebel groups. Relations between the two countries soured after they supported rival groups in the Democratic Republic Congo conflict. Correspondents say the sex scandal is likely to further exacerbate growing strains. "This incident is a diplomatic scandal," Rwanda's Foreign Minister Charles Muligande told the BBC's Kinyarwanda service. In a letter handed to Uganda's ambassador to Kigali, Rwanda said the way in which Mr Ngarambe was handled was not acceptable.

Ugandan Information Minister James Nsaba Buturo says Mr Ngarambe should have made clear his diplomatic status earlier, and will not be charged. "Personal matters should not be interpreted at a national level," Mr Nsaba Buturo told the BBC in response to the letter. Under Ugandan law, those caught committing adultery can be fined about 200 Ugandan shillings (10 US cents).Mr Ngarambe - number two at Rwanda's embassy in Kampala - has since returned home.

Meanwhile, Rwandan official Richard Sezibera said on Monday that the Ugandan government was harbouring two groups hostile to Rwanda. He said the Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD-Urunana) and the Rally of the Rwandan People were being trained and armed with a view to toppling the government in Kigali. The president of RUD-Urunana denied the accusation.

BBC NEWS REPORT.