Religious freedom challenges remain as Uganda heads to the polls

Uganda (MNN) -- More than 21 million people voted yesterday in Uganda, as human rights groups decried tight security and a nationwide internet shutdown.“Whenever there’s an election year, there’s always that tension that rises,” Voice of the Martyrs Canada’s Stephen Wesley says.“It is an opportune time for us to be praying for Uganda.”Uganda’s current president, Yoweri Museveni, is one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, winning every election since 1996. Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Sse