The arrests were prompted by a 20 November article headlined "M7 plots to remove Kagame," which claimed that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (nicknamed "M7") was plotting against his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame.
Source: MEDIA FEED
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