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GV Uganda: Students riot, Kampala burns

March 17, 2010

Two separate tragedies struck Kampala, the capital of Uganda, on Tuesday: students at Makerere University rioted after the shooting death of two of their peers. And the Kasubi Tombs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the burial location of the king of one of Uganda’s largest ethnic groups, burned to the ground.

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