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Uganda's long-time president Yoweri Museveni, 81, takes an oath of office during the inauguration ceremony for a seventh consecutive five-year term, in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda )

Uganda’s president Museveni sworn in for seventh consecutive term as son emerges as de facto ruler

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously known as Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP), arrives with his wife to cast their votes, during the presidential election at a polling station, in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Attorney fears for safety of Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine after army chief threats

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, in Kololo, Uganda, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, file)

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term with 71.65% of votes

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An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Uganda’s president leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference

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FILE - Opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine, speaks to the media outside his home, in Magere, near Kampala, in Uganda, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki, File)

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shot and wounded in a confrontation with police

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 file photo, opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, gestures as he speaks to the media outside his house after government soldiers withdrew from it, in Magere, near Kampala, in Uganda. Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested Monday, March 15, 2021 while leading a protest in the capital Kampala against the detention of many of his supporters before, during and after presidential elections in January that were won by long-time leader Yoweri Museveni. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki, File)

Uganda’s Bobi Wine arrested while protesting in the capital

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Wine says he will withdraw a legal petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Yoweri Museveni in last month's presidential election, charging that Uganda's courts are filled with &quot;yes-men&quot; appointed by Museveni and that he did not expect a fair decision from the panel of nine judges. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Uganda’s Bobi Wine calls for peaceful protests after polls

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Soldiers patrol outside opposition challenger Bobi Wine's home in Magere, Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, after President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the presidential election. 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, the young singer-turned-lawmaker Wine posed arguably the greatest challenge yet to Museveni. (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Uganda’s opposition rejects Museveni’s reelection as ‘fraud’

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Security forces patrol the streets near opposition leader Bobi Wine headquarters in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The United States ambassador to Uganda said Wednesday the embassy has canceled plans to observe the country's tense presidential election on Thursday, citing a decision by electoral authorities to deny accreditation to most members of the observation team. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

‘The world is watching’: Ugandans vote in tense election

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed in Uganda polls violence

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Ugandan supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine protest his arrest and call for his release and an end to police brutality, outside the Ugandan High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to seven, Ugandan police said Thursday, as a second day of demonstrations began. (AP Photo)

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

By RISDEL KASASIRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2019 file photo, Ugandan pop star and opposition politician Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, greets his followers as he arrives home after being released from prison on bail in Kampala, Uganda. Police on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 again arrested Bobi Wine, dragging him from his car and putting him in a police van, just after he was successfully certified as a candidate in next year's election. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)

Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Bobi Wine, a singer and lawmaker whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks at the National Unity Platform (NUP) head office in the Kamwokya suburb of Kampala, Uganda Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. Bobi Wine, who spoke on Monday to answer questions swirling around his age and academic record, cited &quot;a pattern of repression and suppression&quot; aiming to derail his bid against the long-time president Yoweri Museveni in polls scheduled for 2021. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi)

Uganda’s Bobi Wine complains of threats to presidential bid

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Uganda’s Bobi Wine, urging unity, launches presidential bid

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2019 file photo, pop star-turned-opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine, real name Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, is photographed during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Magere, Kampala, Uganda. Bobi Wine, whose trademark red beret has become a symbol of opposition to longtime President Yoweri Museveni but which was banned last month, is on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 urging that supporters defy the order. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)

Ugandan activist Bobi Wine defies ban on trademark red beret

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press