President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has won 99.15 percent of the votes in the country’s presidential election, securing a fourth term in office.
Rwanda’s electoral body reported that approximately 79 percent of the ballots have been counted so far.
Authorities indicated that 9.5 million Rwandans registered to vote.
The country has a population of 14 million.
Kagame, 64, is eligible to remain in office until 2034 following a constitutional amendment in 2015 that removed the two-term limit.
Only two challengers were permitted to run against him.
Kagame’s opponents, Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana, each received less than one percent of the provisional results.
This result mirrors that of 2017, when Kagame garnered nearly 99 percent of the votes.
Kagame initially took power as the head of rebels who ended the genocide in 1994. He became vice-president and the de facto leader until 2000, when he officially became president on April 22, 2000.
