Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in for a historic seventh term, extending his 40-year tenure following a landslide victory in January elections. One of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, Museveni, took the oath of office yesterday at an event at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, while being cheered by thousands of attendees.

 

Museveni won over 71 percent of the vote. Opposition leader Bobi Wine, an entertainer whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, received almost 25 percent votes. The election in January took place amid a nationwide internet blackout and reports of intimidation and abductions of the opposition.