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Uganda's veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye being escorted by military police out of the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, on November 20, 2024. [AFP]
Perhaps the biggest news of the week, other than the Africa Union elections and the death of Kenya Kwanza 'hero' Wafula Chebukati, was Ugandan opposition chief Kizza Besigye's ill health in incarceration.
The 68-year-old is on hunger strike to protest his detention at Luzira Maximum Security Prison in Kampala.
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