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President Yoweri Museveni has warned his opponents against taking to the streets. “If you use violence to protest against an election result, that is treason,” Museveni said in a national address Tuesday. Ugandans began voting in a tense election Thursday under heavy security and an internet blackout as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni pursues a sixth term against a former pop star half his age. The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some parts of the country reporting complete disruptions or significant slowdowns, after one of the most violent campaigns in years. Museveni’s opponent at the poll, Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has accused the president of presiding over corruption and failing to deliver jobs. The population has a median age of just less than 16, and many Ugandans have never known anyone but Museveni in charge. In Kamwokya Cate Nabbale, 20, a primary school teacher, voted for the first time. “I am so excited … I want to see Uganda g...

The US, EU, UN and global rights and democracy groups have raised concerns about the integrity and transparency of the Ugandan election taking place today in the East African country. Only one foreign organisation, the African Union (AU), has sent monitors, along with an AU women’s group. On Wednesday, the United States, a major aid donor to Uganda, announced it was cancelling a diplomatic observer mission after too many of its staff were denied permission to monitor the election. In a statement, US ambassador Natalie Brown warned the refusal meant the election “will lack the accountability, transparency and confidence” brought by independent oversight. On Tuesday, Museveni announced the suspension of social media networks and messaging services like Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp in response to Facebook closing accounts linked to government officials the tech giant said were spreading misinformation. Wine is the strongest of 10 opposition contenders trying to unseat Musev...

Nnamdi Kanu The leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has warned the military authorities, the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies against searching for his Eastern Security Network. Kanu taunted the security agencies and their personnel, asking them to “write their will” before the search. Nnamdi Kanu The IPOB leader, who launched the ESN in the second week of December 2020, said the network was created to ensure the South-East region’s security and prevent terrorists, bandits, and other invaders from harassing the people of the region. Kanu stated these in a special live broadcast on Sunday. He said, “If you are looking for the Eastern Security Network, please go into the nearest forests and make sure you have written your will because you will die there. “Once you raise a gun, you won’t bring it down without being successful or being killed. It doesn’t matter the intelligence agency you are working for and the language you are trying to u...

Ugandans voting Ugandans began voting in a tense election Thursday under heavy security and an internet blackout as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni pursues a sixth term against a former pop star half his age. The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some parts of the country reporting complete disruptions or significant slowdowns, after one of the most violent campaigns in years. Ugandans voting https://ift.tt/3nGN0xZ Museveni is seeking a sixth term in office, having ruled for almost four decades, against singer-turned-MP Bobi Wine, 38, whose popularity among a youthful population has rattled the former rebel leader. In the Kamwokya slum, where Wine grew up and is hugely popular, voters streamed to a polling station as police tried to enforce social distancing after weeks of surging coronavirus cases in the East African nation. A group of about two dozen riot officers marched past, with heavy military and police presence in other parts of the capital, AFP report...

There is anxiety in the Orile area of Lagos State, where a kidnappers’ tunnel was discovered last week, after a three-year-old, Abdul Qadri Kazeem, went missing on Saturday. SaharaReporters learnt that Abdul Qadri was believed to be taken away from his mother’s shop by suspected kidnappers. It was gathered that the missing boy’s case had been reported to the Orile Police Division and a police signal had been sent across the state. Speaking with SaharaReporters, the father, Kazeem Hamzat, explained that the incident happened when Abdul Qadri’s mother was frying food in the shop. She asked the boy and his elder sister to sit outside the shop to avoid smoke and smell.     He said, “We have not found him yet. When we talked with the police at the Orile division, they promised to send a signal to all the police stations across the state. We have been going around police stations, but we have not found him yet. “He is only three years old. Since last Saturday, we h...