Uganda: COVID-19 Lockdown Plunges Source of the Nile in Losses

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Uganda: COVID-19 Lockdown Plunges Source of the Nile in Losses

[Monitor] Jinja City continues to feel the pinch of the coronavirus pandemic after one of its major sources of income, the Source of River Nile, like many tourist destinations, counts losses.

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