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After 40 Years in Power, Ugandan Leader Wants Five More

Efrance Nsudde campaigns for Uganda’s incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni, in Kampala.

Photographer: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says he needs five more years in office to cement the gains the East African nation has made during his tenure.