News Oct 4, 2017 Rwanda Charges Critic of President With Inciting Insurrection KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwandan authorities have charged a critic of President Paul Kagame with inciting insurrection and forgery after she was barred from challenging him in August elections, the public prosecutor’s spokesman said on Wednesday.
Press Release Aug 9, 2017 Rwanda: HRF Condemns Kagame on Façade Election The country’s National Electoral Commission announced that President Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) won 98.63% percent of the vote, an outcome that upholds the country’s authoritarian status quo due to a lack of true electoral competition.
