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Uganda's president says strong election victory over his youthful challenger a taste of his strength

President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday that his landslide victory in Uganda's election showed the dominance of his party, which has governed the East African country for four decades.Museveni said a day after he was declared the winner that the result gave “a good taste of the strength” of his party,

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Uganda votes in tense election seen as test of President Museveni's strength

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Uganda’s President Museveni Is Declared Election Winner

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Uganda's Museveni Wins Re-Election, Opposition Leader at Large

Ugandan police denied on Saturday allegations by ‌opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party that he ‌had been arrested by soldiers as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election.

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Uganda's president says election victory over young challenger shows his strength

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Uganda's longtime leader declared winner in disputed vote

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Ugandan leader extends 40-year rule after winning contested poll

The election has been marred by violence and Wine, a 43-year-old former pop star, says that at least 21 people have been killed.

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Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says he escaped post-election raid

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Ugandan opposition says leader seized by army helicopter after election

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Uganda president says opposition 'terrorists' in victory speech

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term at age 81, said Sunday that the opposition were "terrorists" who had tried to use violence to overturn results.Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72 percent from Thursday's election,

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Uganda partially restores internet after ageing president wins seventh term

President Yoweri Museveni, 81, extended his rule into a fifth decade with a landslide victory rejected by the opposition.

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A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election

Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency.

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This could get dangerous - the threat of Uganda’s next dictator

Uganda is on the brink of a political shift that could have consequences far beyond its borders. The next leader is consolidating power rapidly, raising fears of authoritarian rule, suppression of opposition,

Uganda goes to the polls amid heavy security and internet blackout

Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.

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Uganda’s presidential election experiences hours of delays at some polling stations

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda’s presidential election was plagued by widespread delays Thursday in addition to a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986.