Dozens arrested in Uganda anti-government protests

Dozens of people have been detained in the Ugandan capital Kampala after joining scattered anti-corruption protests in defiance of an official ban.

Lawyers said around 60 people, including a prominent TV presenter and three young protest leaders, were hurriedly brought before courts and remanded in custody following a march on the country's parliament on Tuesday.

President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for almost four decades, had warned before the event that protesters were "playing with fire".

The march was organised on social media amid anger over long-running allegations of corruption involving several high-profile public officials.

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