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Museveni wins 6th term, rival alleges fraud

Museveni wins 6th term, rival alleges fraud

UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni has scored a decisive election victory to win a sixth term, the country's election commission has announced, but his main rival Bobi Wine denounced the results as fraudulent and urged citizens to reject them. The 76-year-old Museveni, in power since 1986 and one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, won 5.85 million votes, or 58.6% in Thursday's election. Wine had 3.48 million votes (34.8%), the Electoral Commission said in announcing the final results. The campaign was marked by a deadly crackdown by security forces on Wine, other opposition candidates and their supporters. In the run-up to the vote…
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