Ugandan army attacks journalists covering election: RSF

Kampala (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 At least 18 journalists were violently attacked by Ugandan armed forces while covering a by-election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said late on Thursday. The journalists were "severely beaten" while covering the vote in Kawempe North, a district of the capital, Kampala, on March 13 by members of the army and an anti-terrorist agency, RSF said. "They made us take off our shirts to cove

Mar 21, 2025 - 10:45
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Ugandan army attacks journalists covering election: RSF
Kampala (AFP) Mar 21, 2025
At least 18 journalists were violently attacked by Ugandan armed forces while covering a by-election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said late on Thursday. The journalists were "severely beaten" while covering the vote in Kawempe North, a district of the capital, Kampala, on March 13 by members of the army and an anti-terrorist agency, RSF said. "They made us take off our shirts to cove