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Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Kagame ahead in Rwanda's presidential election with 99 percent of the vote

Incumbent President of Rwanda and Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) presidential candidate Paul Kagame casts his ballot at the SOS Kinyinya polling station in in Kigali, on 15 July 2024. AFP - LUIS TATO

President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Monday’s presidential election in Rwanda, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power.

Kagame’s opponents — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana — were collectively getting under one percent of the vote in provisional results.

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