Uganda: MTN Case Pits Uganda Against 4 Nations

The dramatic falling out between Uganda's largest telco MTN and the authorities, which culminated in Thursday's arrest and deportation of the company's chief executive, Belgian national Wim Vanhelleputte, may have left President Yoweri Museveni at a crossroads.

The president has to juggle between believing intelligence from his security agents or the pleadings of a multinational backed by the diplomatic power of three countries.

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