Polls close in Rwanda as Kagame eyes fourth term
Polls have closed and the counting of votes has begun in Rwanda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, with the African nation’s leader Paul Kagame expected to win, as he bids to extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years.
Polling stations opened at about 7am local time (05:00GMT) and closed at 3pm local time (13:00 GMT) on Monday across the East African country, where more than nine million people are registered to participate, reported the AFP news agency.
Polls have closed and the counting of votes has begun in Rwanda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, with the African nation’s leader Paul Kagame expected to win, as he bids to extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years.
Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports.
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