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Uganda: 35 years under President Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Museveni.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP

Kampala

President Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking re-election in Uganda on Thursday, took power as the head of a bush army in 1986 and has ruled ever since, making him one of the world's longest-serving leaders.

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