Bobi Wine: Ugandan opposition leader goes abroad after two months in hiding

Uganda's military chief has said Bobi Wine is wanted "dead or alive", although some ministers have denied he is being sought.

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Bobi Wine says he has gone abroad for "critical engagements" and to help mobilise the international community against President Yoweri Museveni.

The pop star turned politician, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, repeated his claim to have won the presidential election, saying it had been rigged in favour of Museveni, who has been in power since 1986.

Museveni, 81, won the election with 72% of the vote and has accused the opposition of seeking to overturn the results through violence.

Wine's statement, posted on a five-minute video on X, called for targeted sanctions against Museveni. It was his first public appearance in weeks.