World News
17 January 2026
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term: Electoral Commission
This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected to a seventh term, says the country’s electoral commission.
Museveni, 81, won with 71.65 percent of the vote, the commission said on Saturday.
He defeated his main challenger, 43-year-old Bobi Wine – real name Robert Kyagulanyi – who received 24.72 percent of the vote, according to the official results.
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