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Race Riots Target Ugandan Indians

Yesterday’s Worldview on Chicago Public Radio aired a segment discussing last week’s race riots in Uganda. The unrest was sparked by the government’s decision to give away part of the historic Mabira forest reserve to an Indian-owned sugar company, and violence escalated to the point where an Indian man was killed in a mob lynching. […]

By Deepa Kamath, April 18, 2007, News, Politics, Daily

Yesterday’s [1] Worldview on Chicago Public Radio aired a segment discussing last week’s race riots in Uganda. The unrest was sparked by the government’s decision to give away part of the historic Mabira forest reserve to an Indian-owned sugar company, and violence escalated to the point where an Indian man was killed in a mob lynching. In the piece, Ugandan journalist Kisuule Magala discusses the tempestuous history of South Asian Ugandans and the complicated politics of land ownership.

I know Nirali has quite a robust overseas readership … any Ugandan readers care to comment on the situation?

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