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Uganda arrests academic Stella Nyanzi for criticising president's wife

Stella Nyanzi criticised Janet Museveni on Facebook after the government reneged on a campaign pledge to supply free sanitary pads to schoolgirls.

Uganda has arrested a prominent academic for criticising the wife of President Yoweri Museveni on social media, police said Saturday.

Stella Nyanzi criticised Janet Museveni, who is education minister, on Facebook after the government reneged on a campaign pledge to supply free sanitary pads to schoolgirls struggling to afford hygiene products.

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