Uganda’s Museveni leads, rival alleges fraud
LONG-TIME leader Yoweri Museveni held a commanding lead in a presidential election according to partial results released this morning, with final results expected later in the day, though his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud. With ballots from 86% of polling stations counted, Museveni had won 5.3 million, or 58.8%, while main opposition candidate Wine had 3.1 million votes (34.6%), the electoral commission said. The election campaign was marred by deadly crackdowns by security forces on opposition candidates and their supporters. Wine and some other opposition candidates were arrested on multiple occasions. There was a heavy security presence around…