Kampala, Nov 20, 2024 (AFP) - Ugandan opposition figure Besigye 'kidnapped', says wife

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Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is being held in a military jail after being "kidnapped" in Kenya, according to his wife, a top UN official. Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAIDS, demanded on X in a post early Wednesday that the government of Uganda "release my husband Dr. Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately". The Ugandan authorities -- who said they were looking into the reports of Besigye's disappearance -- have been......

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