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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ugan ... SKCN1RF1LU

Woman kidnapped while looking at animals. $500,000 ransom.
Gun laws in Uganda are not easy to find out about. Sounds like you can not bring your gun with you. I will say restrictive, as it appears licenses are required, but of course not if your a criminal.
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https://news.yahoo.com/american-kim-sue ... ories.html

Hostage rescued- by paying the ransom.
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If a ransom is paid it should only be done to separate the hostages from the hostage takers and then the hostage takers should be killed!
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Uganda. Entebbe. Idi Amin. Great place. Who wouldn't want to visit?
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Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
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C-dub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
:iagree: Me too, Kenya. No desire to ever return to that continent.
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Me too: Nigeria. About 25 times over the past decade.

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bblhd672 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:56 pm
C-dub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
:iagree: Me too, Kenya. No desire to ever return to that continent.
I was there in ‘85. Mombasa

When were you there?
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https://news.yahoo.com/museveni-vows-ug ... 05941.html

Uganda safe after tourist kidnapping. US has a policy of not paying kidnappers. So I would assume Uganda paid the ransom.

I'm sure by paying the ransom, this will not encourage more kidnappings.
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C-dub wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:27 am
bblhd672 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 8:56 pm
C-dub wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:41 pm Already visited a little over 30 years ago. I have no desire to return.
:iagree: Me too, Kenya. No desire to ever return to that continent.
I was there in ‘85. Mombasa

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Mombasa in '79, just before the Iranian takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran.
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Watching this closely. Scheduled to go to Uganda in May, but not anywhere near Congo border.
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https://news.yahoo.com/two-cuban-doctor ... 30766.html

Police escort murdered and two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya.
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It would be sad as well as disastrous if this continued and killed the African tourism/hunting industry.
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State Department raised the caution level for Morocco. King Mo may be losing control of the extremists.
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Redneck_Buddha wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:53 am State Department raised the caution level for Morocco. King Mo may be losing control of the extremists.
Morocco is where the two young European females were recently killed while on vacation. It was considered the only “safe” place to visit in Africa.

Very sad.
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