Uganda govt offers to drop military trial of hunger-striking opponentSun, 16 Feb 2025 18:13:58 GMT
Uganda’s government on Sunday said it would drop a military trial against opposition figurehead Kizza Besigye, urging him to give up his hunger strike in jail, a minister said.The pledge was promptly rejected as “suspicious” by Besigye’s wife, UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima.Besigye, a former ally turned rival of longtime President Yoweri Museveni, went on …