Detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is in a “worrying” health condition after falling sick, his wife Winnie Byanyima told Reuters, citing symptoms including high temperature, stomach pain, dehydration and inability to walk. Besigye, 69, has spent more than a year in detention after his arrest in neighbouring Kenya, where he had travelled before being extradited to Uganda and charged with treason and other offences. His lawyers, wife, and political allies have rejected the charges, describing him as a political prisoner targeted for opposing President Yoweri Museveni’s decades-long rule. Museveni, 81, secured another term in last week’s election after he was declared winner with just under 72% of the vote against his opponent, Bobi Wine, who has contested the results as fraudulent.

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