Police, troops block Ugandan opposition headquarters ahead of protests

FILE - National Unity Party leader Bobi Wine addresses the media at his home in Magere, Uganda, Jan. 15, 2021. The opposition party's headquarters in the capital Kampala were sealed off on Monday ahead of planned anti-government protests.

Soldiers and police sealed off the headquarters of Uganda's biggest opposition party on Monday in what a police spokesperson called a precautionary move ahead of anti-government protests planned for Tuesday despite a ban.