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Uganda TikToker convicted for insulting president

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. [File, Standard]

A Ugandan court has convicted a 21-year-old content creator for calling for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on video-sharing platform TikTok, a state prosecutor said on Thursday.

Emmanuel Nabugodi, who created a video depicting a mock Museveni trial, faces up to seven years in prison for "spreading hate speech" against the head of state.

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