Over 100 Uganda opposition supporters charged over election violence

Over 100 members of Uganda's biggest opposition party have been charged with various offences including unlawful assembly related to violence around last week's election, according to court documents and an opposition official.



The east African country's veteran leader Yoweri Museveni, 81, was declared the landslide winner of the January 15 poll with 71.6% of the vote against his opponent Bobi Wine with 24%.



Wine, the pop star-turned-politician, and his party, the National Unity Platform have rejected the results, alleging widespread irregularities including ballot stuffing, enforced disappearance of polling agents and intimidation by security forces. Wine's whereabouts remain unknown after he said he had escaped a raid by the military on his home.



In a video on NTV Uganda on Monday night Wine accused police of vandalising his home and said leaving his residence would free him "to speak to the world." He did not disclose his location.



At least 118 members of the NUP were taken to various courts in the capital Kampala on Monday and charged with offences including unlawful assembly, conspiracy and unlawful possession of election materials, NUP lawyer Kato Tumusiime told Reuters and court documents showed.