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Uganda opposition age-limit bid to block Yoweri Museveni

Uganda's opposition has launched a legal challenge to block President Yoweri Museveni from running in elections next year, claiming he is too old to be eligible to stand again.

Museveni, the east African nation's leader since 1986, held official celebrations for his 70th birthday on September 14 last year, but activists accuse him of lying about his age to circumvent the country's laws imposing an age limit of 75 on presidential candidates.

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