Dozens arrested in Uganda anti-government protests

Protesters defied a ban to march on the country's parliament amid anger over corruption on Tuesday.

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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.

The protests were partly inspired by demonstrations last month in neighbouring Kenya which forced President William Ruto to drop planned tax rises.

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