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Uganda's Bobi Wine arrested while protesting in the capital

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest in the capital, Kampala.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine calls for peaceful protests after polls

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is calling for peaceful protests in the aftermath of presidential elections, charging that electoral authorities are “grappling with forged results” that showed victory for President Yoweri Museveni.

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Uganda's Wine withdraws court challenge to election results

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine says he will withdraw a legal petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Yoweri Museveni in last month's presidential election.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine urges 'strong action' over Uganda polls

KAMPALA – Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is urging the international community to back up concerns over the country's disputed elections with “strong actions" against President Yoweri Museveni's government.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine goes to court to dispute president's win

KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine on Monday launched a court case seeking to overturn the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 35 years.

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Uganda's Bobi Wine accuses president of staging vote 'coup'

KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine on Friday accused the country's longtime president of staging a "coup” in last week's election and urged people to protest his loss through nonviolent means. But he suggested he might not go to court to challenge the official results.Calling the Jan.

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

KAMPALA – Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine has emerged from last week's disputed election as the country's most powerful opposition leader after his party won the most seats of any opposition group in the national assembly. It's a major achievement for a party that's barely six months old and almost didn't make it on the ballot when it was accused by government officials of being an illegal entity.

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Uganda cops surround offices of Bobi Wine's opposition party

KAMPALA – The opposition party of Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine said on Monday that police have prevented top officials from going to their headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as they prepare to launch a legal challenge to Wine's house arrest. Police swooped in at dawn at the offices of Wine’s National Unity Platform, diverted traffic, and stopped people from entering, party spokesman Joel Ssenyonyi, told The Associated Press.

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Uganda's opposition rejects Museveni's reelection as 'fraud'

KAMPALA – A day after Uganda's longtime leader was declared 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 house arrest for several days.President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth five-year term, extending his rule to four decades, according to official results announced Saturday.Top opposition challenger Wine dismissed Museveni's victory as “cooked-up, fraudulent results” while his party urged the government to release the challenger.“We ask Ugandans to reject this fraud," the opposition party, the National Unity Platform, said in a statement Sunday. ”This is a revolution and not an event.

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

KAMPALA – 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, with a booming young population and a host of aging leaders, the 38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguably the greatest challenge yet to Museveni.

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Politician vs musician in Uganda pollsA 38-year-old pop star is challenging one of Africa's longest serving leaders in Uganda's hotly contested election. Robert Kyagulanyi, known by his stage name Bobi Wine, says he represents the country's younger generation, while Yoweri Museveni says he is standing for stability, reports BBC.

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Uganda's opposition cites 'untold violence' before election

KAMPALA – Opposition figures in Uganda are criticizing widespread violence by security forces ahead of Thursday's presidential election, while main challenger Bobi Wine said soldiers who raided his home Tuesday morning arrested a security guard and beat two gardeners badly. “The terror, frankly, is unprecedented,” said Kizza Besigye, a veteran opposition leader who challenged longtime President Yoweri Museveni in four elections.

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Uganda death toll after opposition leader's arrest up to 45

KAMPALA – The death toll from last week’s protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 45, police say, with more than 800 people arrested.Police spokesman Fred Enanga told reporters on Monday that “our hearts go to the families” of those killed. It was Uganda’s worst unrest in a decade.

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

KAMPALA – The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 37, police said Friday. This is the country’s worst unrest in a decade, and more is expected ahead of the election early next year.The Uganda police pathologist and the head of police health services told journalists in the capital, Kampala, that they had counted 37 bodies by Thursday morning.The protests broke out on Wednesday after police arrested Wine, who was expected to appear in court on Thursday in the eastern town of Iganga.

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Death toll up to 7 in Uganda's unrest after Bobi Wine arrest

KAMPALA – The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to seven, police said Thursday, as a second day of demonstrations began.Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Patrick Onyango said the toll is likely to rise after more than 30 people were injured during the protests Wednesday in different parts of the East African country.“There are those who are badly off,” he said. Protests resumed for a second day in the capital, Kampala, with protesters blocking roads and burning tires.Police and army have deployed heavily in the capital to stop the protests that broke out after Wine was arrested.

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Ugandan Pop Star Bobi Wine Criticizes African Leaders in 'Corona Virus Alert' Song

Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa’s people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African governments for not maintaining better health care systems for the continent’s 1.3 billion people.In his new song, "Corona Virus Alert," Wine and collaborator Nubian Li highlight prevention measures against the virus, which now has been reported in at least 46 of Africa’s 54 countries.Speaking to The Associated Press about the song, Wine -- a popular musician, legislator and presidential aspirant whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu -- said it is time for Africa’s leaders to channel more resources toward building functional health care systems that serve both the

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Uganda's Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders

KAMPALA – Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African governments for not maintaining better health care systems for the continent's 1.3 billion people.

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