US EditionUganda president calls opposition 'terrorists' in victory speech
- On Saturday, the Electoral Commission announced Yoweri Museveni won the January 15 election with 71.65% of the vote, about 7.9 million votes, securing a seventh term.
- Two days before polls, authorities ordered a nationwide internet block and maintained social media restrictions, which officials said prevented misinformation, while the United Nations called the block deeply worrying.
- Claiming malpractice, Kyagulanyi alleged ballot stuffing, raids on his home, and that his family remains under house arrest, saying `Those so-called results are fake` and he placed second with 24.72.
- Supporters of Yoweri Museveni celebrated in Kampala on January 17 while security forces patrolled, AFP journalists reported tear gas during small protests, and by Sunday morning security had eased.
- With a 52.10 percent turnout, analysts said the vote was widely viewed as a formality given Museveni's control, while the EC reported 11,366,201 votes cast amid low participation and heavy security.
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Uganda’s Big Man ‘wins’ again, but Africa remains ripe for change
When Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took power in January 1986, after decades of civil war and chaos, he promised fundamental change. “The problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular is not the people, but leaders who want to overstay in power,” Museveni said in his inaugural speech. Forty years later, Museveni was declared the winner over the weekend of an election marred by violence, an internet blackout and the intimidation of th…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni extended his 40-year rule, as official results showed he won 72% of the vote in last week’s election. The opposition dismissed the results as “fake,” while Museveni branded critics as “terrorists” in his victory speech on Sunday.The elections were widely criticized by the UN and rights groups for severe repression of the opposition: Musweni’s main challenger, Bobi Wine, said he had escaped a police raid on his h…
Museveni urged opponents to stop the violence for peace in Uganda, although he did not rule out a firm stance to maintain stability.
Supporters of Uganda's Yoweri Musseveni celebrate as secures seventh term in office
Supporters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni celebrated in Kampala on Saturday after he was declared winner of a seventh term in office. But runner-up Bobi Wine has called the results "fake."
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