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Uganda's Mt Rwenzori glaciers melting, bursting riverbanks

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Ruwenzori Mountains lies on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [iStockphoto]

When Dr Ludwig Siefert arrived in Uganda from Germany in the 1990s, he could see and even take photos of snowy caps of the Ruwenzori Mountains.

A giant sheet of ice had fully covered the iconic and majestic mountain on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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