Kagame first came to power after leading the rebel, Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Forces, which seized power from the Hutu government, effectively ending the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 to one ...

Rwanda’s ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), recently concluded its 16th congress. This also marked 35 years of its existence. The centre piece, however, was the election as chairman ...

President Paul Kagame has been the de factor ruler of Rwanda since 1994, when his Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew a genocidal regime and created a functional country that claims to be a democracy.

He won the last three votes with more than 93 percent, and only two candidates have been approved to run against him this time. Kagame was just 36 when his Rwandan Patriotic Front rebel army ...

Paul Kagame started his fourth term as Rwanda’s president in August 2024.He first became president in April 2000.However, as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, he has been the country ...

In response, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was established with Kagame, a Tutsi, taking control after the death of Fred Rwigyema at the beginning of the war.

Kagame was just 36 when his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel army routed the Hutu extremists who had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of mainly Tutsis over 100 days in 1994.

Paul Kagame has kept matters running as smoothly much like a well-oiled corporate machine, aided by his Rwandan Patriotic Front. At times, he treats his country as such.

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandans vote Monday in an election that will almost certainly extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame, who is running virtually unopposed after three decades in ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Rwanda's ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), recently concluded its 16th congress. This also marked 35 years of its existence . The centre piece, however ...

Analysis - Paul Kagame started his fourth term as Rwanda's president in August 2024. He first became president in April 2000. However, as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, he has been the ...