Museveni leads in tense election marred by internet shutdown and voting interference

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of “massive ballot stuffing” and detentions by security forces.

Provisional results from more than half of the polling stations tallied so far showed Museveni with more than 75% of the vote while his main challenger Robert…