Tensions high after Uganda fire
Questions raised over what caused royal tombs blaze.
19 Mar 2010
In Uganda questions remain over whether a fire that destroyed a world heritage site near the capital, Kampala, was deliberate.
The blaze at the royal tombs of the Buganda kingdom has increased tension between Uganda’s president and the influential Baganda tribe.
A senior Bugandan official has told Al Jazeera he believes the fire was arson.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Kampala.
Source: Al Jazeera
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