Geneva, Switzerland Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was “kidnapped” in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, his wife, a top UN official, said Tuesday. Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAIDS, demanded on X that the government of Uganda “release my husband Dr. Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately”. Besigye, a medical doctor and...
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UNAIDS chief says husband, Ugandan opposition figure Besigye, ‘kidnapped’
Geneva, Switzerland Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was “kidnapped” in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military...
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