Ugandan Crack down

Ugandan police fired tear gas before bundling opposition leader kizza besigye and several allies into police vans on today, shortly before planned anti-government protests.
Witnesses say besigye had been meeting a number of senior opposition figures in an upmarket suburb of the capital, kampala, ahead of a rally to demonstrate against corruption and economic hardships. Police intercepted the group on the highway as they headed towards the city centre. The opposition-led activists 4 change group, which spearheaded those protests with besigye, accused the government earlier this week of "failed economic policies" which the group said had allowed the cost of living to soar.