Uganda PR disaster after rebel attack on tourists

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A group of tourists trek in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda, which adjoins the Virunga National Park in the DR Congo and the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. PHOTO | AFP

Uganda is struggling with a public relations disaster that could put in disarray paid efforts to revive the tourism sector, its biggest foreign exchange earner, after suspected rebels killed a visiting British couple on honeymoon and their driver in a national park.

Following the attack blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on Tuesday, the government deployed the army, erected roadblocks and beefed up patrols.