Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has secured a decisive election victory, extending his firm grip on power for another five years, according to partial results released on Monday.
Kagame, who has been the de facto leader since the end of the 1994 genocide and has served as president since 2000, garnered 99.15 percent of the vote, as reported by the National Election Commission after counting 79 percent of the ballots.
This result surpasses the 98.79 percent he achieved in the 2017 election and significantly outpaces the votes received by the only two candidates permitted to run against him.
Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party received 0.53 percent of the vote, while independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana obtained 0.32 percent.
“The outcome of Monday’s poll was never in doubt,” with Kagame facing accusations of suppressing the opposition and excluding several notable critics from the race.
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