Police arrested more than 40 people in Uganda on Monday as security forces used teargas and "other tactics" to quell a large protest against sky-high fuel prices, a police spokesman said.
Unrest hasa hit different parts of the East African country against soaring prices of consumer goods that have squeezed businesses and upended livelihoods. The cost of fuel in Uganda has almost doubled since the start of the year.
Early on Monday protesters began erecting barriers and burning tyres on a highway connecting Jinja, an industrial town in eastern Uganda, and another nearby town, said police spokesman James Mubi.
