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Ugandan king seeks to calm unrest

Source: Al Jazeera

Kampala : Uganda | 2 months ago

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Officials from Uganda's historical Buganda kingdom said Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, the traditional king, had called off the trip to the town of Kayunga, scheduled for Saturday, after at least 13 people were killed. "We don't want to see an escalation of the violence," Medard Lubega, the deputy...

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News Source: BBC | 2 months ago

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