As #Rwanda’s 2024 presidential #elections approach, opposition leaders are urging President Paul #Kagame to retire, arguing that the country no longer needs a strongman like him to lead.
That said, all indications suggest that Kagame will run for a third term, potentially extending his tenure to become one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.
Kagame has been in power for 23 years and can run for two more five-year terms under the current constitution, which was controversially amended in 2015 to allow him a third term.
He is credited with stabilising Rwanda after the devastating #genocide in 1994, which claimed over 800,000 lives. However, his administration has been criticised for authoritarian tendencies, including the suppression of political opposition, free speech, and press freedom.
CREDIT: The African Report
