Rwanda

Rwanda President, Paul Kagame has accepted to run for the third term in 2017 in a televised address recently. He has been president since 2000, but he has effectively been in control since his forces marched into the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to end the 1994 genocide. He was originally limited to two terms, but Rwanda has approved changes to the Constitution that would effectively allow Kagame to stay in power until 2034. He can run for another seven-year term in 2017, followed by two five-year terms. To chat about this and other related issues, we are joined on the line by:Yolande Bouka: Senior Research Associate: Conflict Prevention And Risk Analysis: Institute for Security Studies: Dr Check Achu: Research Specialist at the Africa Institute of South Africa, a research program of the Human Sciences Research Council: Munjozi Mutandiri: Indepenndent [Political Analyst: Human Rights Watch: