Uganda's Octogenarian President Seeks to Extend Four-Decade Rule
Uganda's Yoweri Museveni is seeking nomination as the ruling party's presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in January, in a bid to extend his four-decade grip on power, which human rights groups say has been characterized by the suppression of political opposition.
Museveni, 80, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, picked up nomination forms to run both as the National Resistance Movement's candidate and its chairman to push for economic development, Sandor Walusimbi, his spokesman said on X.
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