LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party’s lawyer said. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan….
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in a presidential election, rejecting early results which gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead as a “joke”. “I am very confident that we defeated the dictator by far. I call upon all Ugandans to reject the blackmail. We have certainly won the…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has never been a peaceful handover of power in Uganda, but pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine is hoping to change that by unseating long-serving President Yoweri Museveni in Thursday’s vote. BBC Africa correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga takes a look at the challenger. A few weeks before the general election and what could be…