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EU says won't monitor Uganda election, limiting poll's international scrutiny

Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, addresses a news conference in Kampala, Uganda June 15, 2020. [Reuters]

The European Union will not deploy an observer mission for Uganda’s presidential election in January, an official said on Monday, after complaints that advice from previous observers to make the polls fair went unheeded.

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