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Men gather to talk on a construction site 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)

Internet ‘blackout’ in Uganda on eve of tense election

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Bobi Wine, during a Press conference in Kampala Uganda, Tuesday, Jan.12, 2021. Opposition figures in Uganda cited widespread violence perpetrated by the security forces ahead of presidential election on upcoming Thursday, including an alleged dawn attack Tuesday on the residence of main presidential challenger Bobi Wine. (AP Photo/nicholas bamulanzeki )

Uganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, Ugandan musician, lawmaker and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. Police in Uganda have confronted opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine during an online press conference, and he says they fired tear gas and bullets as they swarmed his car. Journalists watched Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 as an officer appeared to drag Wine from the car while he pleaded that he had broken no law. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)

Uganda accuses Facebook of ‘interfering’ in tense polls

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, Ugandan musician, lawmaker and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. Police in Uganda have confronted opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine during an online press conference, and he says they fired tear gas and bullets as they swarmed his car. Journalists watched Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 as an officer appeared to drag Wine from the car while he pleaded that he had broken no law. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)

Ugandan police confront Bobi Wine during online briefing

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FILE - In this Thursday May 2, 2019 file photo, Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, greets his followers as he arrives home after being released from prison, im Kampala. Deadly violence and repressive measures have alarmed observers as Uganda prepares to vote on Jan. 14, 2021, with longtime President Yoweri Museveni challenged by young singer and lawmaker Bobi Wine, who has captured the imagination of many across Africa in a generational clash (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, file)

EXPLAINER: Lives at stake in tense Ugandan presidential vote

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

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

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Ugandan security forces detain general opposed to president

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

As China builds up Africa, some in Uganda warn of trouble

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

In this Monday, July 15, 2019 photo, pop star-turned-opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, is photographed, during an interview with The Associated Press at his home, in Magere, Kampala, Uganda, Monday, July 15, 2019. Wine says he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in polls set for 2021. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi)

Uganda’s Bobi Wine formally declares his presidential bid

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Pop star-turned-opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, is seen while giving an interview to Associated Press at his home,Magere in Kampala, Uganda Monday, July 15, 2019. Bobi Wine, Uganda's pop star-turned-opposition leader, says he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in polls set for 2021, but Wine, says he is concerned about his safety.(AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi)

Ugandan singer Bobi Wine plans to run for president in 2021

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, the Ugandan pop star and opposition politician known as Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, poses next to a mural of himself during a visit to an activists' arts center in Nairobi, Kenya. Wine was remanded to jail on Monday, April 29, 2019 after being charged over his role in a street protest last year against a tax on social media. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Uganda’s opposition pop star Bobi Wine jailed over protest

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Uganda’s top court upholds age law benefiting longtime ruler

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Uganda denies backing Rwandan rebels as tensions grow

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Ruling party endorses Uganda’s Museveni for 6th term

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 file photo, a man holds a photograph of his relative as he waits in a line to identify bodies from the fighting the previous weekend, some heavily burned, at the mortuary in Kasese, Uganda. On Nov. 27, 2018 the United States are urging that Ugandan authorities fully investigate a military attack on a tribal king's palace two years ago that killed over 100 civilians. (AP Photo/Arne Gillis, File)

Uganda faces pressure to probe 2016 massacre by military

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, Kyadondo MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, gestures during a visit to Nairobi, Kenya. Ugandan pop star and opposition politician Bobi Wine staged his first concert since being charged with treason, in a show of defiance punctuated by anti-government slogans and barbs aimed at the long-time president he is challenging. Thousands of Ugandans attended the lakeside event Saturday, Nov. 10 outside the capital, Kampala, many of them clad in red outfits symbolizing their allegiance to the “People Power” movement led by Wine. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)

Ugandan pop star-politician performs 1st show since jailing

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, released by Presidential Press Unit, Kanye West, left, meets with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at State House in Entebbe, Uganda. Museveni said he and West held &quot;fruitful discussions&quot; about promoting tourism and arts in the East African nation in which the rapper is said to be recording music in a tent. (Presidential Press Unit via AP)

Kanye West meets Uganda’s president, gifts pair of sneakers

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Kanye West meets Uganda’s president, gifts pair of sneakers

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Rapper Kanye West smiles as he listens to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kanye West meets with Uganda President Yoweri Museveni

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