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Migingo Island: a rocky marriage between Uganda and Kenya

A general view of Migingo island which is densely populated by residents fishing mainly for Nile perch in Lake Victoria on the border of Uganda and Kenya on October 5, 2018. PHOTO | YASUYOSHI CHIBA | AFP

By  AFP

A rounded rocky outcrop covered with metallic shacks, Migingo Island rises out of the waters of Lake Victoria like an iron-plated turtle.

The densely populated island is barely a quarter of a hectare large, its residents crammed into a hodge-podge of corrugated-iron homes.

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