Police crack down on Ugandan protesters

Activists in Uganda have been inspired by the Arab Spring to organise strikes in the country.
However, protests over the last six months, which have been fuelled by rising costs and political corruption, have often been put down brutally by police and the army.

Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from Kampala.

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[MrJamesrutherford1]

much respect to Kizza Besigye

[MercuryShining]

@tjohn1986 I'm pretty sure the polling supports what I've said.

[1988scottcarey]

i believe uhh uganda is bad now..

[rasheedzee]

@34601k "You obviously aren't American then. I don't mean to sound uneducated but the American media doesn't really portray Africa positively."

ain't that the truth. most people in america still think africans never built anything other than mud huts, it's really sad and diliberate. hell, america is only instigating this rift in uganda so that they can start another civil war and reap the profits from the ashes, like we're tryn' do with china and taiwan.

[rasheedzee]

@shovado1976 "Obama sent troops in, but only to oppress them even more. I also read they were sending more vaccines to Africa... we know what that means.... "

everyone has aids!! AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS!!!

nah, seriously, that shit ain't funny, tho. they should hack off any and all innoculated arm just like in apocolyps now, I'm dead serious.

[yourtreat2]

Bring back President Idi Amin.

I like frozen heads.

[jnixongo00]

@TickleMehNancy dude watch missionary of hate on current/vangard channel will answer your question

[TickleMehNancy]

@Pinxmedia how the fuck is the west causing this

[Themossers]

@KSmithwick1989 lol right on. god bless NA

[wabdinur]

& yet Ugandan troops are in Somalia to protect Somalia's fledgling Democracy (if you can call a bunch of ex-warlords turned politicians nominating themselves for office as Democratic).