Uganda's Museveni wins fifth term: election commission

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni extended his three-decade rule on Saturday after winning a fifth term in polls rejected as fraudulent by his closest rival who was under house arrest. The veteran 71-year-old won 60 percent of the vote in the sometimes chaotic elections, far ahead of the 35 percent garmered by detained opposition leader Kizza Besigye, whose house was surrounded by dozens of armed police in riot gear. "The commission declares Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the elected President of the R