Some Internet services have been restored in Uganda following the country's general election last week.

Internet services were shut down in Uganda ahead of the election by Uganda's Communications Commission "to mitigate the rapid spread of misinformation."

The election was won by President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986.

He saw off competition from former pop star, 43-year-old Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, to win his seventh successive election. Wine claimed "fake results" and "ballot stuffing," but has not provided any evidence. African Union election observers said they saw "no evidence of ballot stuffing."

Internet services went down on January 13 before returning late on January 17 at around 11pm local time.

"We have restored Internet so that businesses that rely on Internet can resume work," David Birungi, spokesperson for Airtel Uganda, told Reuters.

Uganda's government similarly shut down Internet services in the country ahead of an election in 2021.

According to NetBlocks, metrics showed a similar pattern to the previous election.

"With Internet connectivity now largely restored in Uganda after elections held under a widespread Internet shutdown, metrics confirm that the exact same shutdown and social media filtering schedule and mechanism used during the 2021 elections have again been deployed," said NetBlocks on X.

Elsewhere, Iran's Internet blackout has entered its 12th day, amid widespread anti-regime protests.