KAMPALA: Veteran Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday as conflicting accounts emerged of violence reported after the vote. Museveni, who is 81 and has ruled Uganda since seizing power in 1986, wants a decisive victory following a campaign marred by violence at opposition rallies. Results announced by the electoral commission from Thursday’s election showed Museveni with 76.25 percent of the vote based on tallies from nearly half of polling stations.

KAMPALA: Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of the long-term president while raising concerns about transparency, hereditary rule,…

The election is a rematch between Bobi Wine and Yoweri Museveni, who has been president for 40 years.

Campaign beset by violence with supporters of rival candidate Bobi Wine teargassed and detained

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni surged to a dominant early lead in presidential election results Friday, as the opposition accused authorities of...

President Museveni has about 76% of the vote with results in from nearly half of all polling stations.

KAMPALA: Veteran Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday as conflicting accounts emerged of violence…

Museveni is credited with 76 percent in early results; violence reported with opponent Bobi Wine under house arrest.

Veteran president holding off main challenger Bobi Wine after campaign marred by violence at opposition rallies

El presidente ugandés encabeza el conteo con el 76% de los votos, frente al 20% del opositor Bobi Wine, que denuncia un fraude electoral y detención domiciliaria

Opposition leader claims escaping police and army raid as Museveni looks set to win the presidential election.

President Yoweri Museveni wins a seventh term, as his main rival Bobi Wine decries "fake results".

Museveni, 81, secured 71.65 percent support, electoral commission says, after contentious election campaign.

Yoweri Museveni's victory allows him to extend his 40-year rule of the east African country. He defeated Bobi Wine, a former singer-turned-politician who won 24.72% and said he…

Il presidente dell’Uganda Yoweri Museveni ha vinto le elezioni che si sono tenute giovedì nel paese, e governerà quindi per il settimo mandato consecutivo. Museveni ha 81 anni ed…

Im ostafrikanischen Uganda bleibt Präsident Museveni an der Macht. Sein Kontrahent Bobi Wine ruft zu friedlichen Protesten auf – und erkennt das Ergebnis nicht an.

Museveni’s opponent, Bobi Wine, alleges that members of polling staff were kidnapped and called for peaceful protests

Yoweri Museveni has won a record seventh term in elections after promising that the fledgling oil sector will boost the economy.

Yoweri Museveni, alla guida dell'Uganda dal 1986, è stato dichiarato, senza sorprese, vincitore delle elezioni presidenziali, al termine di un voto funestato, secondo gli…

Yoweri Museveni, alla guida dell'Uganda dal 1986, è stato dichiarato, senza sorprese, vincitore delle elezioni presidenziali, al termine di un voto funestato, secondo gli…

Il leader, in carica dal 1986, già dichiarato vincitore. Ma ora si aprono diverse incognite