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Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown

By AFP | 3mos ago

 

A Ugandan police officer monitors the area while guarding ballot boxes and other electoral materials for dispatch at a polling station serving as a dispatch centre during final preparations ahead of Uganda’s 2026 general elections, in Kampala on January 14, 2026. [AFP]

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