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'Rwanda's presidential election a coronation,' analyst says


'Rwanda's presidential election a coronation,' analyst says
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President Paul Kagame, 66, has been the de facto leader of Rwanda since the end of the genocide in 1994. He officially became president in 2000 and has won three consecutive elections with landslide victories, securing over 90% of the votes each time. In 2015, he led passage of a controversial constitutional amendment that allowed him to bypass the constitutional term limit and possibly stay in power until 2034. Professor Kwaku Nuamah, senior professorial lecturer on peace, human rights & cultural relations at American University, in Washington DC says next Monday in Rwanda instead of an election he says we will be observing more of a coronation.

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