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Since the start of Sudan's civil war in 2023, the IPC has confirmed famine in a total of seven areas in the country, including Darfur, which is controlled by the paramilitary rapid support forces, or RSF, at war with Sudan's army.
The US, UN and others have accused the RSF and allied Arab militias of a genocide against African ethnic groups.
81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders and has won a seventh election.
But the polls have been roundly condemned by rights groups amid an internet blackout and several election observers banned from monitoring the vote.
Museveni's main challenger, 43-year-old Bobby Wine, said the results were fake.
Police raided the former pop singer's home on Friday night, but Wine escaped to a safe location, he said, in a video posted on social media.
Dozens of supporters from his National Unity Platform Party were killed by police, he said, including 10 who were monitoring the results.
Police, however, said seven were killed and accused them of attacking a police station.
Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
81-year-old Yoweri Museveni is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders and is set to extend his 40-year rule of the East African country following a widely criticised election marked by violence.
Ten supporters of Bobby Y's National Unity Platform party were killed by police, according to a local politician who said police shot them while they gathered at his home to watch the results.
Police said seven opposition supporters were killed and accused them of attacking a police station.
43-year-old Bobby Wine said the results announced by the electoral body were fake.
The elections in Uganda have been roundly condemned by rights groups, with several election observers banned from monitoring the polls.
Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
The rapid support forces, formerly allies with the Sunnis army, captured Khartoum when the war erupted in April 2023.
After a brutal occupation of the city, where the RSF were widely accused of widespread looting, torture and sexual violence, the army recaptured the capital last March.
It sparked a wave of returns from among the 5 million people displaced from Khartoum when the war erupted, which the UN says has caused the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister Kamil Idris said the military-led government had now officially returned to the capital city.