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Uganda's leader says social media shut down ahead of polls

by Rodney Muhumuza
| January 12, 2021 11:33 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday that his government has shut down social media ahead of a tense election on Thursday, accusing Facebook and unnamed outside groups of “arrogance” after the social network this week removed Ugandan accounts linked to his reelection campaign.

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