Uganda: September 21, 2004

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Police clashed with nomadic Karamojong cattle rustlers in eastern Uganda, killing seven of the tribesmen. The rustling has been going on for centuries, but has gotten more lethal in the past decade as cheap (under $50) AK-47s became available throughout Africa. This was an aftereffect of the end of the Cold War, as former communist nations sold off millions of surplus weapons.

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