Africa

Incumbent Yoweri Museveni won 71.65 percent of the vote as his main rival Bobi Wine goes into hiding after a police raid at his home in the capital, Kampala.

Egypt has long opposed the project because of worries about its future supplies of water from the Nile, on which it is heavily dependent.

The attack occurred in the city’s Cape Flats area, which has a reputation for gang violence and where over 2,000 murders were recorded in the first nine months of 2025.

Police urge citizens to remain peaceful after the opposition party said its leader Bobi Wine had been arrested at his home and taken away in an army helicopter.

The prosecution said the key suspect, who served as a grave digger for the sect, confessed to participating in the deaths and burials of victims, most of them children.

National Unity Platform says opposition leader was taken to unknown location amid internet blackout and reports of post-election violence.

The electoral commission said President Yoweri Museveni was on 75.4 percent to opposition leader Bobi Wine’s 20.7 with close to 60 percent of votes counted.

Chadian government spokesman said an incursion by armed fighters from Sudan led to a clash when Chadian troops ordered them to leave.

Southern Africa has experienced a series of extreme weather events in recent years, including devastating cyclones and a scorching drought.

Anthony Joshua shared online footage of himself hitting pads with a trainer just weeks after a car crash which killed two of his close friends.