Uganda: tensions between police and protesters as Museveni leads polls

Police in the Ugandan capital of Kampala lobbed tear gas at protesters and put out fires lit after the Ugandan electoral commission announced early results showing incumbent president Yoweri Museveni leading a presidential ballot.

Footage showed people running down the streets and clouds of tear gas rising in the distance.

Police meanwhile was seen throwing water on a fire burning on the side of a road. Uganda’s President Yoweri…