Votes being counted after Uganda's presidential election
Voting extended after delays at some polling stations
Uganda's main opposition leader Kizza Besigye briefly detained, his party says
Access to social media and chat apps blocked for many on election day
Bus crash in Ghana kills 71 people
Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Thursday 18 February 2016
Pictures are coming in from around Uganda of people queuing to vote.
These two are from Karamoja in the east of the country.
Image source, Reuters
Image source, ReutersThis woman was snapped in Kirihura in western Uganda.
Image source, ReutersAnd this woman was pictured voting in the capital, Kampala.
Image source, APA Ugandan journalist has tweeted this video of main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye before he cast his vote in his western home town of Rukungiri:
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The BBC's Charlotte Attwood is at a polling station in Nansana near Kampala and has just snapped this police truck delivering voting materials five hours after voting was supposed to begin.
Uganda's New Vision, external newspaper is reporting that 80 people have been arrested for election crimes including what is describes as "voter bribery".
It says they were picked up on Thursday morning "distributing sugar, flour, salt and cash".
The BBC's Tulanana Bohela spotted this woman making some good business selling water to thirsty voters in Mbale, eastern Uganda.
She's selling the bags of water for 100 Ugandan shillings or 3 US cents.
Ugandans post pictures of themselves after casting their votes:
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A BBC reporter near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, spotted this couple waiting patiently to vote.
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Uganda's electoral commission has been addressing the concerns of voters on Twitter.
In this exchange it was accused of deliberately delaying the arrival of voting materials to opposition strongholds:
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Uganda's New Vision newspaper says that President Yoweri Museveni's main challenger Kizza Besigye has voted.
It has posted this picture on its Facebook page, external:
Image source, New VisionThere is a heavy military deployment in the central Ugandan town of Nansana after reports of angry crowds due to a lack of voting materials, reports BBC Africa producer Charlotte Attwood from the scene.
Catherine Byaruhanga
BBC Africa Uganda correspondent
Image source, APVoting has started in Uganda amid widespread reports of a lack of ballot materials and polling stations opening late.
The Electoral Commission has tweeted:
Asked whether voting will be extended, the electoral commission has said that the law stipulates polls close at the current slated time of 13:00 GMT and it will make sure everyone votes in that time.
Another big controversy is that many Ugandans are complaining that they cannot access Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.
Image source, ReutersThe polls have opened in Uganda's presidential election where incumbent Yoweri Museveni is seeking a fifth term.
There are seven candidates running against him and his main challenger, Kizza Besigye, is taking on the veteran leader for the fourth time.
Ugandans are also electing a new parliament.
There have been delays in materials arriving at some of the polling stations and the electoral commission has tweeted an apology, quoting chairperson Badru Kiggundu:
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