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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Kagame is becoming like Bokeri Bokassa

When Paul Kagame came to power after the Rwandan genocide in 1994, his forces brought to an end the horrific slaughter in which 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days.
In recent years President Kagame's attempts to reform and rebuild Rwanda have brought political stability and economic growth.Click here to watch the BBC interview with Kagame
Yet when Rwandans go to the polls on 9 August it will be against a backdrop of accusations that the government has crushed the opposition, assassinated rivals and silenced its independent media, as Rob Walker reports.
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