At least 19 people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured in Uganda's worst unrest in a decade.

Security forces have attempted to quell protests triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine.

Footage captured on Wednesday (November 18) shows demonstrators erecting barricades and lighting fires on roads in the capital Kampala to demand Bobi Wine's release.

Local media reported that he was arrested for violating anti-coronavirus electoral guidelines, which require candidates to have under 200 supporters at a rally.

Local media reports that Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, is arrested for allegedly contravening electoral guidelines which require candidates not to have over 200 supporters at a rally.
Ugandan presidential candidate and pop star, Bobi Wine, who is seeking to replace long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, has been arrested while campaigning in the east of the country on Wednesday (November 18).
Demonstrators had erected barricades and lit fires on some roads in the capital Kampala and at least one other town to protest against Wine's arrest.