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Uganda: BBC journalists 'facing trumped up charges' (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 9, 2019

The detained BBC journalists say they were working on an investigation into the alleged sale of government drugs on the black market.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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