Uganda partially restores internet after Museveni's seventh-term win

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term

Museveni leads in tense election

President Yoweri Museveni won Uganda's presidential election, securing his seventh term with over 71% of the vote. His main opponent, Bobi Wine, received about 25%. The election was marked by allegations of fraud, violence, and an internet shutdown.

Ugandan authorities partially restored internet services late on January 18 after 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term to extend his rule into a fifth decade with a landslide victory rejected by the opposition.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change after four decades of the same government.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of “massive ballot stuffing” and detentions by security forces.

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