Trouble looms in the East African country of Uganda after opposition leader Bobi Wine claimed victory in presidential elections, following preliminary poll results which revealed the early lead of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni with a wide margin. In a statement issued on Friday, Bobi Wine rejected as a “joke” early results that gave President Museveni
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The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has taken a significant early lead as vote counting commences in the country after presidential elections. According to preliminary results released by the electoral commission on Friday morning, Museveni has garnered 1,536,205 votes (65.02%), while his main rival Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has 647,146 votes (27.39%)
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Uganda’s communications regulator has reportedly ordered internet service providers to immediately shut down social media and messaging services ahead of the country’s presidential election. The move comes two days before the country’s presidential election which will see one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, Yoweri Museveni, against opposition frontrunner and popular singer Bobi Wine. In a letter
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At least three people were killed and 34 were injured on Wednesday when violent protests erupted in the capital Kampala following the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. The police in Uganda confirmed the report. Bobi Wine, a music star-turned-politician was arrested on Wednesday during an election rally in the eastern district of Luuka
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Two men died on Saturday morning, September 26, while fighting over a woman in Kayunga, Kyampisi sub-county in Mukono district, Uganda. The deceased have been identified as Hassan Kiwango, 45, a timber dealer and Hakim Katende 48, a driver.Observer Uganda reported that trouble started last year after Katende accused Kiwango of having an affair with
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Ground and an aerial manhunt is underway in northeast Uganda where 200 inmates overpowered their guards and escaped with weapons after a shootout , the country ’s prison commissioner told AFP on Thursday . The prisoners seized guns from the armory at a government prison in Moroto , about 460 kilometers ( 286 miles )
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Tragedy struck in the north-western Uganda city of Arua after ten children were killed when lightning struck them dead while they were sheltering in a hut during a storm. Reports say the children were playing football when heavy rain forced them to take a break in a nearby grass-thatched structure which was struck by lightning,
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NAIROBI, Kenya, President Museveni, Tullow Oil and Total’s CEOs could not have chosen a better time to announce their agreement to resolve a long-standing capital gains tax dispute that had earlier prevented Tullow Oil from farming out its Lake Albert licenses to Total. Oil junior Tullow Oil announced that it has agreed the sale of
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