Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine arrested during protest

Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine (AP/Nicholas Bamulanzeki, File)

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest against the detention of many of his supporters in the aftermath of a presidential election.

Police arrested Mr Wine near a public square in the capital and then drove him back to his home outside Kampala. Mr Wine’s Twitter account said: “His home is now surrounded by police and the military.”