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Ugandan journalists walk out of security media conference in Kampala in protest of increased violence against them by security forces. On Sunday two journalists were shot at, one critically injured, in the scuffle between opposition politician’s campaigners and security forces.

Added on the 28/12/2020 23:55:47 - Copyright : AFP EN

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