Bobi Wine placed under house arrest after Uganda vote

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections that early results show President Yoweri Museveni firmly in the lead as he seeks to extend his four-decade rule. With about a quarter of the vote counted, the Electoral Commission put Museveni on 76 percent, far ahead of Wine.

The vote followed a tense campaign marked by internet shutdowns, a tactic increasingly used to stifle dissent….