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Rwandan President Paul Kagame becomes the first head of state in East Africa to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-03-11

Rwandan humanitarian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of the film "Hotel Rwanda", faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the crimes with which he is charged, according to the prosecution. Rusesabagina had called for armed resistance against the government of Paul Kagame on YouTube. Rusesabagina, however, declined to respond to the charges.
2020-09-16

Voters in Rwanda go to the polls to elect their president. Paul Kagame, incumbent since 2000, referred to the election as a formality, despite challenges from the Democratic Greens' Frank Habineza and independent Philippe Mpayimana. Kagame is re-elected with 98.66 of the vote.
2017-08-4

Voters in Rwanda go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the Rwandan Patriotic Front of President Paul Kagame achieving a landslide victory. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5hfGgXfY6vlq6-6sehqLlLEkrFgfA?docId=CNG.49bcc0089441faaa25bb3c6e28cc4338.2a1&hl=en (AFP via Google News)], [http:--news.ninemsn.com.au-world-2013-09-18-02-45-rwanda-s-ruling-party-wins-landslide-vote (NineMSN)]date=April 2020
2013-09-16

Nestor Louis Michel calls Rwandan President Paul Kagame a "great leader" ("groot leider"). Kagame has been accused of war crimes during Rwanda's invasion of the DR Congo in 1996, and of having led a subsequent proxy war against the DR Congo by arming the CNDP until January 20, 2009. Congo currently accuses Rwandan defence officials of supporting a new destabilisation of East Congo. Louis Michel urges the international community for "more time" to "objectivate the facts first" before taking any action.
2012-09-9

A military court in Rwanda sentences four former top officials who were allies of President Paul Kagame to long prison sentences "in absentia".
2011-01-14

A grenade attack occurs during rush hour in Kigali, Rwanda, two days after the country's presidential election.
2010-08-11

Rwanda prepares for a presidential election, its second since the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
2010-08-8

Campaigning begins ahead of the presidential election in Rwanda.
2010-07-20

Rwandan authorities arrest two people in connection with the killing of a journalist critical of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and deny complicity in the murder.
2010-06-28