Click to expand Image A Ugandan policeman guards the remains of the destroyed palace of Charles Wesley Mumbere, king of the Rwenzururu, after Uganda security forces stormed the compound in Kasese town, western Uganda on November 27, December 1, 2016. 2016 James Akena/Reuters This week prosecutors in Uganda finally dropped charges against 218 civilians who were arrested when Uganda's military raided the palace of Charles Mumbere, the king of the Rwenzururu kingdom, in Kasese, Western Uganda. During the November 2016 raid, the military killed over 100 people, including 15 children. At the time, Uganda's government claimed the kingdom sought to secede from Uganda and that the military struck to break up an alleged armed separatist movement. It also argued that the people in the kingdom's palace, who included young children and many others who worked for the king, were terrorists and were responsible for attacks on police stations in the preceding days. The authorities indiscr