Freed Kenyan activists allege mistreatment after month in Ugandan detention
Two Kenyan human rights activists have returned home after being secretly detained for 39 days in Uganda.

Two Kenyan human rights activists have returned home after being secretly detained for 39 days in Uganda.


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The East African country is being pushed as a deportation location for high-profile US detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The wrongfully deported man’s case remains a flashpoint in US President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown.
Abrego Garcia’s case remains a flashpoint in US President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown.
Analysts speculate that Uganda is seeking better trade deals and wants to be in Trump’s good books.
A Ugandan official said the country would prefer to receive people from African nationalities under the agreement.
US government documents obtained by CBS had said Trump signed deals with Uganda and Honduras to take foreign deportees.
Case has raised concerns among government critics about a crackdown ahead of Uganda’s national election early next year.
Disputes between the two over border demarcations have been ongoing but heavy, armed fighting has been rare until now.

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It is not clear what triggered the fighting although sections of the border have long been contested.