Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye charged with treason

Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye appeared in court in Kampala (AP)

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason in an escalation of legal troubles stemming from allegations he plotted to remove the country’s long-serving leader by force.

Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the east African country, sat in a wheelchair as he faced the charges in a courtroom in the capital, Kampala.