Uganda partially restores internet after Museveni's seventh-term win
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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.
Breakdown
- Internet partially restored after Museveni's seventh-term win
- Social media remains blocked; officials cite misinformation concerns 10s
- Museveni won 71.6% of votes; rival Bobby Wine received 24% 21s
- Election observers criticized military involvement and internet shutdown 1m 32s
- Museveni's new term could take him to nearly 50 years in power 1m 49s