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🎬 Title: Bobi Wine: The People’s President The man, the music, the movement. Story: Uganda boasts one of the youngest demographics globally, yet its government is notoriously anti-democratic. This combination sets the stage for potential upheaval, and Bobi Wine, along with his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi, is at the forefront. As Bobi—a musician and parliament member—launches his presidential campaign,…

Anita Nkonge,BBC Africaand Lucy Fleming Getty Images Bobi Wine, President Museveni’s main rival, has questioned the credibility of the results Police in Uganda have denied allegations that presidential candidate Bobi Wine was abducted on Friday evening as vote counting continues in the East African nation amid an internet blackout. Wine’s party had said a helicopter landed in the grounds of…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken a strong lead in partial results from Thursday’s presidential election, the electoral commission says. Figures announced on Friday morning put Museveni in front with 76% of the votes, based on returns from 45% of the country’s polling stations. He is followed by opposition leader Bobi Wine with 20%. Security forces have surrounded Wine’s home in the…

Sammy Awami,BBC Africa, Kampalaand Wycliffe Muia AFP via Getty Images More than 21 million Ugandans have registered to vote Logistical problems have delayed voting in Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections in many parts of the country amid an internet shutdown. The BBC observed growing frustration among voters queuing at some polling stations in the capital, Kampala, where voting…

Getty Images As Ugandans go to the polls next week they are faced with a choice of propelling a leader into his fifth decade in power or backing a candidate seeking to capitalise on the desire for change from some quarters. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, in office since 1986, is aiming for a seventh successive election victory. His main challenger, pop-star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, 43, has…