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Bold Wine in new battles: Uganda’s election

Bold Wine in new battles: Uganda’s election

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Bold Wine in new battles: Uganda’s election

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After a violent campaign in which the opposition candidate Bobi Wine was extensively intimidated, authorities imposed an internet blackout. President Yoweri Museveni will almost certainly cling to power—a worry for Uganda and the wider region. Wikipedia turns 20 today; we ask how, against long odds, it has survived and grown. And the video game that’s sparking a moral panic in Afghanistan.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Released:
Jan 15, 2021
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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.