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President of Rwanda since 2000

"Kagame" redirects here. For other uses, see Kagame (surname).

Paul Kagame (kə-GAH-may; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the President of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the main belligerents of the Rwandan Civil War and was the armed force which ended the Rwandan genocide. He was considered Rwanda's de facto leader when he was Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu from 1994 to 2000 after which the vice-presidential post was abolished.

Born to a Tutsi family in southern Rwanda that fled to Uganda when he was two years old, Kagame spent the rest of his childhood there during the Rwandan Revolution, which ended Tutsi political dominance. In the 1980s, Kagame fought in Yoweri Museveni's rebel army becoming a senior Uganda

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Rwanda's General Nyamwasa in SA 'murder plot' evidence

A former Rwandan army chief who survived two assassination attempts has given evidence at the trial of those accused of plotting to kill him.

Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa fled to South Africa in 2010 after falling out with his former ally, Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Months later he survived a Johannesburg shooting, which Rwanda denied being involved in. A second plot was foiled.

He is a witness at the attempted murder trial in Johannesburg.

A lawyer representing Rwanda's government raised an objection on the grounds that Gen Nyamwasa's testimony could be political.

However, magistrate Stanley Mkhari dismissed the objection, which was raised as the former army chief prepared to tell the court about his background, because "the government of Rwanda is not a party to the process".

Gen Nyamwasa has told the court about his early life and career in what is thought to be his first publi

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Transcript of President Kagame’s interview with Jeune Afrique

11 May 2011

“When leaders kill their own people, we are all concerned.”

Ivory Coast, Libya, RD Congo, France, human rights, opposition… The Rwandan head of State tells us his truth in his way. Sometimes harsh. Always straight forward. An exclusive interview with the “Iron man” of Kigali.

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