Uganda Opposition Leader Urges Independent Inquiry Into Election

Uganda’s main opposition leader has called for an independent audit of the general election that saw President Yoweri Museveni remain in power. In an interview with VOA, Kizza Besigye, leader of the Forum for Democratic Change, said he remains in “illegal” detention in his home and insists the results announced by the electoral commission were not credible. Besigye said throughout the election process the government used state institutions, including the police and the army, to commit...

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