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| Uganda elections: Museveni's main rival, Besigye, arrested | |
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| Police have arrested Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate, a day after tightly contested elections, a BBC reporter at the scene says. | |
| Kizza Besigye was detained during a raid on his party's headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as he was about to hold a press conference. | |
| Tear gas was also fired outside the building, our reporter says. | |
| With a quarter of votes counted, President Yoweri Museveni is leading, official results show. | |
| He is running for a fifth term, after 30 years in power. | |
| He has 62% of the vote, while Mr Beisgye has 33%, according to provisional results released by the electoral commission. | |
| There is a heavy deployment of police and soldiers in neighbourhoods around the headquarters of Mr Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, reports the BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga from Kampala. | |
| A police helicopter has also been flying overhead. | |
| The police have not yet commented on the reason for Mr Besigye's arrest. | |
| This is the third time in the space of a week that he has been detained. | |
| Voting is still taking place in a handful of places where the late arrival of election materials meant that polling stations did not open on Thursday. | Voting is still taking place in a handful of places where the late arrival of election materials meant that polling stations did not open on Thursday. |
| Social media was also blocked on Thursday in Uganda to prevent people from spreading "lies", Mr Museveni said. | |
| Critics said the decision showed that Mr Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving rulers, was becoming increasingly tolerant. | |
| Major presidential contenders: | Major presidential contenders: |
| Uganda election: Issues, candidates and the poll | Uganda election: Issues, candidates and the poll |
| Uganda election: Old guard tries new tactics | Uganda election: Old guard tries new tactics |