Uganda

Former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was arrested late in January, as he and others opposing the rule of President Yoweri Museveni, allegedly planned to stage anti-government demonstrations in Kampala. Police were also said to have surrounded other opposition leaders' homes in an effort to keep them from leaving, and used teargas to disperse gathering crowds. The government has accused several of the organisers of treason, while the opposition has complained of the high cost of living, corruption in government, and Museveni's 'failed economic policies'.

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