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Uganda votes TODAY in a high stakes election. President Museveni seeks 7th term since 1986, while Bobi Wine pushes for change. there has been Internet blackout since yesterday, heavy security, and reports of delays. Polls will be close soon. 

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Uganda held a presidential election on Thursday with President Yoweri Museveni, 81, seeking a seventh consecutive term after nearly 40 years in power, facing main challenger Bobi Wine, a 43-year-old former pop star whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi.

Uganda held a presidential election on Thursday with President Yoweri Museveni, 81, seeking a seventh consecutive term after nearly 40 years in power, facing main challenger Bobi Wine, a 43-year-old former pop star whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi.

The Uganda Communications Commission ordered mobile network operators to suspend public internet access starting Tuesday evening, citing concerns about misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud and incitement to violence during the election period.

The Uganda Communications Commission ordered mobile network operators to suspend public internet access starting Tuesday evening, citing concerns about misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud and incitement to violence during the election period.

Security forces used teargas and live ammunition to disperse opposition rallies and detained hundreds of supporters during the campaign period, according to reports from the UN Human Rights Office and local observers.

Security forces used teargas and live ammunition to disperse opposition rallies and detained hundreds of supporters during the campaign period, according to reports from the UN Human Rights Office and local observers.

Ugandan authorities ordered at least 10 non-governmental organizations, including election-monitoring groups, to immediately cease operations in the days before the vote, according to multiple reports.

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Ugandan authorities ordered at least 10 non-governmental organizations, including election-monitoring groups, to immediately cease operations in the days before the vote, according to multiple reports.

Polling stations experienced delays in opening on election day, with reports of ballot papers not being delivered and biometric voter identification machines not functioning in several parts of Kampala and other areas.

Polling stations experienced delays in opening on election day, with reports of ballot papers not being delivered and biometric voter identification machines not functioning in several parts of Kampala and other areas.

Approximately 21.6 million Ugandans registered to vote in the election, with nearly half of the country's population under age 18 and unemployment among youth aged 18 to 30 approaching 50 percent, according to government statistics.

Approximately 21.6 million Ugandans registered to vote in the election, with nearly half of the country's population under age 18 and unemployment among youth aged 18 to 30 approaching 50 percent, according to government statistics.

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