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Ugandan editors arrested over ‘fake news’ on alleged Uganda-Rwanda tension

Copy of past Ugandan Newspaper Red Pepper (Photo: Courtesy)

KAMPALA-Ugandan police have raided the office of a local newspaper, detaining staff and confiscating equipment on allegations it had published an inaccurate story, the paper's lawyer and police said on Wednesday 22 November.

The day before the Tuesday evening raid, Red Pepper, Uganda's leading tabloid, published a story alleging that Rwanda believed President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda was plotting to oust President Paul Kagame. The article cited unnamed sources.

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