Uganda, Nov. 29 -- Ugandan traders are finding it harder to get visas from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to operate businesses in the country after Congolese immigration officers imposed stricter regulations.

Several Ugandan traders said Congolese immigration officers ordered them to present Congolese nationals as guarantors as a requirement to get visas.

A Ugandan, who preferred anonymity because he could be targeted in DRC, said: "We are being subjected to harassment in the Congolese immigration offices. They abuse us, claiming that we want to go to their country to spy. So these days they tell us to present two passport photographs that are left with the immigration."

The source added: "They also demand that your Congolese ...