Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term with 71.65% of votes

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. The musician-turned-politician best known as Bobi Wine took 24.72% of the vote, the final results showed. Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu,…

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Tanzania president wins election as hundreds feared dead in unrest

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide re-election victory, winning 97.66 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the Tanzanian electoral commission on state television on Saturday, November 1. The result came after a highly controversial election marked by the jailing or disqualification of key opposition candidates, widespread violence, and…

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