Uganda president says opposition ‘terrorists’ in victory speech
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term at age 81, said Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn results.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term at age 81, said Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn results.
A senior member of the Ugandan opposition told AFP on Friday that security forces stormed his home the previous day as the country held elections, shooting dead 10 members of his campaign team.
Bobi Wine burst onto Uganda’s political scene ahead of a 2021 election, going from a dreadlocked ragga singer to become the figurehead of the youthful opposition, but he has faced years of brutality in his bid to unseat one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders.