US to Rwanda: No New Presidential Term Limits

The United States is urging Rwanda not to make constitutional changes that would allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term. In a statement Friday to VOA's French to Africa service, the State Department said the U.S. believes democracy is best advanced by developing "strong institutions, not strongmen." The statement, issued by the Bureau of African Affairs, said the U.S. is "committed to supporting a peaceful, democratic transition in 2017 to a new leader...

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