Uganda votes for a brand new president below web blackout and police crackdown

Ugandans voted ⁠in a tense nationwide election on Thursday after an usually violent marketing campaign and web shutdown, with President Yoweri Museveni in search of to increase his rule right into a fifth decade. Museveni is predicted to fend off a problem from the favored singer Bobi Wine, however the election is a take a look at of the 81-year-old chief’s political energy ​and talent to keep away from the sort of unrest that has rocked neighbours Tanzania and Kenya. Particulars by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Uganda, Juliette Montilly.