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Rwanda's Kagame to Run for Another Term in 2017

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has announced his intention to run for a third term in office in 2017, one week after the country voted in a referendum to change the constitution to allow him to run. Kagame announced his decision in a televised New Year's Day address Friday, saying, "given the importance and consideration you attach to this, I can only accept." But he added that he does not think the country's aim is to have a "president for life," and said he...

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