The chairperson of the African Union Commission has commended the electoral process in Uganda even as the Union's own electoral observers expressed concern about the vote.
Uganda's electoral commission declared that President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, had secured a seventh term in office with 71.61 of the vote 7.9m votes on 15 January. The commission said that opposition leader Bobu Wine - who has rejected the outcome - gained 24 of the vote 2.7m votes.
In a statement, Commission chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said that he "commends the conduct of the elections in Uganda and congratulates President Yoweri Museveni on re-election."
