Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term in office on Saturday after an election marred by violence and an internet shutdown.
Museveni, 81, won 71.65 percent of the vote in Thursday’s election, amid reports of at least 10 deaths and intimidation of the opposition and civil society.
He defeated Bobi Wine, 43, a former singer-turned-politician who won 24.72 percent and said he was in hiding on Saturday after a raid by security forces on his home.
According to the Electoral Commission, Museveni’s victory allows him to extend his 40-year rule of the east African country, with African observers saying arrests and abductions had instilled fear in the electoral process.