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A woman celebrates Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's victory in the presidential election in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

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

President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda’s election shows his party’s dominance. He declared this on Sunday after being announced the winner.

An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Uganda’s president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously known as Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP), casts his vote during the presidential election at a polling station, in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Delays plague voting in Uganda’s presidential election

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu who is known as Bobi Wine waves to supporters at an election campaign rally in Mukono, Uganda, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ugandan voters face soldiers in the street and an internet shutdown before presidential election

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who is known as Bobi Wine waves to supporters at an election campaign rally in Mukono, Uganda, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ugandan opposition leader campaigns in flak jacket

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term as opposition rejects results

Supporters of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took to the streets in celebration on Saturday after official results declared the incumbent leader had won a seventh term. (AP video shot by Josphat Kasire)

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Voting begins in Uganda’s presidential election during internet shutdown and polling station delays

Thousands join Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine rally ahead of election despite police tear gas

Uganda’s security forces accused of violence against the opposition ahead of election

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, in Kololo, Uganda, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, file)

Uganda’s military deployed in national capital before presidential election

An Electoral Commission officer organises voter registrations at the Electoral Commission office in Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

UN rights office cites ‘widespread repression’ in Uganda before next week’s presidential election

Uganda's leading opposition presidential candidate, Bobi Wine, attends a church service at the Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ahead of election, Uganda’s security forces are accused of using violence against the opposition

Ugandan singer, politician, and opposition figure Bobi Wine speaks to The Associated Press at his political party office (National Unity Platform) in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

‘From bad to worse': Ugandan opposition figure describes struggle ahead of next year’s vote

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press at his home in Magere, just north of the capital Kampala, in Uganda, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. A planned pipeline to export oil from Uganda is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, Wine said Tuesday, voicing his opposition to a project that's increasingly controversial over environmental concerns. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 file photo, Ugandan security forces patrol on a street after protests over the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, in Kampala, Uganda. The ...

US puts visa restrictions on Uganda, saying vote was flawed

Senegalese - American performer Akon, right, is welcomed by the Mufti of Uganda, Shiekh Shaban Mubajje, at the Gaddafi National mosque, in Kampala, Uganda, Friday, April 2, 2021. Akon is visiting ...

Business-seeking singer Akon draws political fire in Uganda

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Wine says he will withdraw a legal petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Yoweri Museveni in last month's presidential election, charging that Uganda's courts are filled with "yes-men" appointed by Museveni and that he did not expect a fair decision from the panel of nine judges. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Uganda’s Bobi Wine calls for peaceful protests after polls

UN urges Uganda to probe reporters’ beating at rights office

Opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine smiles as he speaks to the media outside his home, in Magere, near Kampala, in Uganda, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. An attorney for Bobi Wine says Ugandan soldiers have withdrawn from the opposition presidential challenger’s home the day after a judge ruled that his house arrest was unlawful. But the attorney tells The Associated Press that security forces can still be seen in the village near the candidate’s property outside the capital, Kampala. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Official: Troops withdraw from home of Uganda’s Bobi Wine

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 file photo, Uganda's leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine fills his ballot before voting in Kampala, Uganda. A judge ruled on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 that Ugandan security forces cannot detain presidential challenger Bobi Wine inside his home, rebuking authorities for holding the candidate under house arrest following a disputed election. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Judge orders Uganda’s Bobi Wine freed from house arrest

Uganda’s Bobi Wine accuses president of staging vote ‘coup’

FILE- In this Feb. 11, 2020 file photo, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi in Nairobi, Kenya. Despite failing to dislodge the long-time leader Museveni, opposition challenger Bobi Wine has emerged from Uganda's Jan. 14, 2021 disputed polls as the country's most powerful opposition leader after his party won the most seats of any opposition group in the national assembly. (AP Photo/John Muchucha, File)

Despite election loss, Uganda’s Bobi Wine wins growing power

Nurses attend to Mityana Municipality politician, Zaake Francis, close ally to opposition leader Bobi Wine in Rubaga hospital, Kampala, Uganda, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, after he was alledgedly beaten by security personnel at the gates of Bobi Wine's house on Saturday. A day after Uganda’s longtime leader was declared the winner of the country’s presidential election, the opposition party dismissed the results as “fraud” and called for the release of their leader, Bobi Wine, who has been under alleged house arrest for several days. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Uganda police surround Bobi Wine’s opposition party offices

Supporters of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni celebrate in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday Jan. 16, 2021, after their candidate was declared winner of the presidential elections. Uganda’s electoral commission says longtime President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging and officials struggle to explain how polling results were compiled amid an internet blackout. In a generational clash widely watched across the African continent, the young singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguably the greatest challenge yet to Museveni. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Uganda says president wins 6th term as vote-rigging alleged

Election officials count the ballots after polls closed in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.Ugandans voted in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring polling stations. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says military enters home

Uganda's leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine votes in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Ugandans are voting in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear coul...

‘The world is watching': Ugandans vote in tense election

Security forces patrol in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.The United States ambassador to Uganda said Wednesday the embassy has canceled plans to observe the country's tense presidential election on Thursday, citing a decision by electoral authorities to deny accreditation to most members of the observation team.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Internet ‘blackout’ in Uganda on eve of tense election

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, Ugandan musician, lawmaker and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. Police in Uganda have confronted opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine during an online press conference, and he says they fired tear gas and bullets as they swarmed his car. Journalists watched Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 as an officer appeared to drag Wine from the car while he pleaded that he had broken no law. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)

Ugandan police confront Bobi Wine during online briefing

FILE - In this Friday Feb. 18, 2011 file photo, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after he voted in Kiruhura district which is Museveni's home area, Uganda, Deadly violence and repressive measures have alarmed observers as Uganda prepares to vote on Jan. 14, 2021, with longtime President Yoweri Museveni challenged by young singer and lawmaker Bobi Wine, who has captured the imagination of many across Africa in a generational clash. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, file)

EXPLAINER: Lives at stake in tense Ugandan presidential vote

FILE—In this file photo of Thursday Jan.9, 2020, Ugandan presidential hopeful and political activist Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, raises his fist in the air to gathered supporters as he leaves after meeting with the Electoral Commission, in Kampala, Uganda. A bodyguard for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was killed and two journalists injured on Sunday, Dec. 27, amid violent confrontations between security forces and followers of the singer and lawmaker who is challenging the country's long-time leader. A tearful Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, said his bodyguard had died of his injuries after allegedly being run over by a truck belonging to the military police. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi-File)

Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed in Uganda polls violence

Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine shows a photograph depicting a victim of recent electoral-related violence in the country, at the Electoral Commission in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Wine said Wednesday after meeting the head of the country's electoral body that he would resume his campaign after suspending it in protest over police brutality after police shot his car tires and fired rubber bullets that injured his bodyguards and supporters. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi)

Ugandan opposition candidate Bobi Wine resumes campaign

Ugandan security forces patrol on a street in Kampala, Uganda Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. The death toll from protests over the latest arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 16, police said Thursday, as a second day of demonstrations continued in the country's worst unrest in a decade. (AP Photo)

Death toll at 37 in Uganda unrest after Bobi Wine’s arrest

Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination

Traders sell food at a busy market, which are no longer permitted to sell any non-food items in an attempt to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, in Kampala, Uganda Thursday, March 26, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi)

Uganda’s Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders

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