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As reported by the Reuters News agency, Uganda’s government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo, has accused the US of trying to “subvert elections”. US ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown was on Monday stopped from visiting opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, at his home in the capital, Kampala. …

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term with 58.64% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Saturday, as rival opponent Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud a day earlier and said citizens should reject the result. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, won 34.83% …

Last week, the Ugandan Communications Commission issued an order in which they ordered telecommunications companies to immediately suspend any access and use of social media and online messaging platforms. The internet shutdown in Uganda that had entered its fifth day on Monday has ended. Social media is however still blocked …

Ugandans of voting age were called to the polls in order to choose their president and deputies. While we feared overflows in the country, the vote took place peacefully in Kampala. Most of the voters went to the poll earlier in the morning . Security forces were deployed near the …

As a prelude to the general elections of Thursday January 14 , 2021 in Uganda, dozens of Facebook and Instagram accounts have been locked. According to the responsibles of these social networks, it is a group of coordinated account aiming to influence the public debate. “Fake and duplicate accounts presumed …