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Paul Kagame expected to be re-elected president as Rwanda goes to polls

Paul Kagame expected to be re-elected president as Rwanda goes to polls

Incumbent since 2000 is seeking fourth seven-year term after winning more than 90% of votes in last three ballots

People in Rwanda will go to the polls on Monday for elections in which Paul Kagame is widely expected to extend his rule of the central African country.

This is the fourth presidential ballot since more than 800,000 people, mostly members of the Tutsi ethnic minority, were killed in a genocide in the country 30 years ago.

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