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Rwanda sets July election date for presidential and parliamentary polls

Rwanda President Paul Kagame casting his vote in Rwanda's capital Kigali, in 2017. REUTERS

Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in July next year, when President Paul Kagame will seek to extend his three decades in control of the East African country.

A presidential order in the official gazette said voting for president and 53 deputies in the lower house of parliament would happen across the country on 15 July, and the remaining 27 deputies would be elected on 16 July.

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