3-time Rwanda President Kagame storms to power with 99% votes & other global news you may have missed


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Rwanda, straight out of the gruesome genocide of 1994, elected Kagame as president by voting for his Tutsi-dominated party Rwanda Patriotic Front in 2000. Kagame previously served as defense minister and vice-president in 1994, soon after his RPF declared a unilateral ceasefire, ending the genocide and participating in the formation of the Unity Government. Kagame was only 36 years of age at the time. New Delhi: Monday’s election in Rwanda came as no surprise. Three-time president Paul Kagame won with a landslide majority, winning 99.15 percent votes, and is back for a fourth term. In the election that saw a...