Detained Ugandan opposition figure is unconscious: Wife

In a ⁠post on the X platform, Winnie Byanyima, who ​also heads the United Nations AIDS programme UNAIDS, said ​her husband had been admitted to an ICU at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital.

Besigye, 70, collapsed in a court in the capital ​Kampala where he is standing trial for treason.

Detained prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who collapsed while in court on Wednesday, is unconscious ​and has been admitted to an intensive care ‌unit, his wife said in an X post early on Thursday.