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When Ueri Mosevni, first won power in Uganda back in 1986,
he was seen as a political pioneer ushering in a new age of African politics.
The problem of Africa, he declared back then, is leaders who want to overstay in power.
39 years later, he...
is still in power and expected to get yet another term when the results of the latest presidential election are announced.
That's happening right now and we'll get a live update in just a moment.
As Ugandans are waiting for that result,
there was confusion about what had happened to the opposition leader Bobby Wein and his wife.
Some reports suggested they'd been abducted from their home in Kampala, the capital.
Officials denied that.
And this is what Bobby Wein's son, Solomon, said earlier today.
I have received some information that amidst the raids,