President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has won 99.15% of the votes from Monday’s presidential election to secure a fourth term in office.
Only about 79% of ballots have been counted, according to the country’s electoral commission. Authorities said 9.5 million Rwandans registered to vote.
The country has a population of 14 million. Kagame’s opponents — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana — each received less than one percent in the provisional results.
The result is the same as 2017 when Kagame swooped nearly 99% of the votes. Final results are expected by July 27, although they could be announced sooner.
The president thanked Rwandans for their trust, in an address at his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party headquarters in Kigali, the capital city.
Kagame seized power as the head of rebels who took control of the government and ended the genocide in 1994, becoming vice-president and de facto leader from then to 2000, when he became president.
