Paul Kagame sworn in for 4th presidential term. Paul Kagame, The president of Rwanda, sworn in for a further five years after receiving more than 99% of the vote in a poll conducted in July. He dominated the nation since the genocide in 1994.
Following his overwhelming victory in last month’s elections, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame was sworn in as the nation’s head of state once more on Sunday at a ceremony held in Kigali.
With more than 99% of the vote, Kagame—a former leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). He led an armed rebel group that put a stop to Rwanda’s genocide in 1994—won the election.
The 66-year-old has ruled the nation since the end of the genocide. Firstly, as the de facto leader and then as president since 2000. He received more than 93% of the vote in every election he has run for. Paul Kagame sworn in for 4th presidential term
There were several African leaders present for the inauguration, held in a stadium with 45,000 seats in the city.
Controversial figure
After a 100-day genocide in 1994 that saw Hutu extremists target both Hutu moderates and the Tutsi minority, murdering almost 800,000 people, Kagame is credited with rebuilding East Africa.
However, opponents and human rights advocates claim that his reign fully marked by the repression of dissent, including murders, arbitrary detentions, threats, and forced disappearances.
Additionally, he has presided over contentious constitutional reforms that reduce presidential terms from seven to five years, but theoretically give him an additional ten years of power.
Additionally, the government of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo is accused of fomenting instability in its eastern region.
Courtesy of tj/nm (AFP and DW sources)
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