Uganda: Social Media Ban Capped Violent Campaign

[The Conversation Africa] Forty-eight hours before Ugandan voters went to the polls the country's Communications Commission (UCC) imposed a social media blackout. It had been a bitter and violent election campaign pitting the 76-year-old veteran president, Yoweri Museveni against Robert Kyagulanyi - better known as Bobi Wine - a 38-year-old pop-star-turned-politician.