Article 6P78H Paul Kagame expected to be re-elected president as Rwanda goes to polls

Paul Kagame expected to be re-elected president as Rwanda goes to polls

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Carlos Mureithi East Africa correspondent and Igna
from World news | The Guardian on (#6P78H)

Incumbent since 2000 is seeking fourth seven-year term after winning more than 90% of votes in last three ballots

People in Rwanda are going to the polls for elections in which Paul Kagame is widely expected to extend his rule of the central African country.

This is the fourth presidential ballot since more than 800,000 people, mostly members of the Tutsi ethnic minority, were killed in a genocide in the country 30 years ago.

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