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Incumbent Paul Kagame has won a fourth term in office in the presidential election in Rwanda. With all votes counted, Kagame garnered 99.18% of the vote, according to the electoral commission. His two opponents, the chairman of the Green Party, Frank Habineza, received 0.5% while independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana received 0.32% of the vote, according to final results from the commission. More than nine million people were eligible to vote on July 15, including two million first-time voters. Kagame has been president of the country since 2000, but has,in practice, been leading Rwanda sin…

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