Uganda’s opposition fights to be heard amid clampdown on dissent
By DW
18 November 2019 |
6:01 am
As Uganda moves closer to 2021 elections, the opposition has a tough fight ahead to loosen President Yoweri Museveni's three-decade hold on power.
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