Media house accused of threatening regional stability

The editors and directors of one of Uganda's most popular tabloid newspapers have been detained over what authorities called a fake news story about a political plot implicating President Yoweri Museveni. Police confirmed that the offices of the privately-owned English-language Red Pepper were raided and eight employees arrested. A report on the NTV site notes that the 20 November story said Museveni was plotting to overthrow his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame. Police spokesperson Emillian Kayima said the ‘false’ report was a threat to regional security. The newspaper's lawyer Dickens Byamukama said the suspects are being detained at Nalufenya prison outside the capital Kampala.