Frail Ugandan opposition figure back in jail after brief court appearance

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared briefly in a civilian court Wednesday as attorneys tried to secure his freedom, but a judge said he was too unwell to follow proceedings.

A visibly frail Besigye, who has been detained since November, was driven back to a maximum-security prison in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.

He went missing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on 16 November last year, and days later appeared in a cage…