Voters wait for their turns to vote during the Rwandan presidential and parliamentary elections at a polling station in Kigali, Rwanda, on July 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
His challengers, Frank Habineza of the opposition Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, and Philippe Mpayimana, an independent candidate, garnered 0.50 percent and 0.32 percent, respectively, of the vote. The RPF and its coalition also won 37 seats of the parliament's 53 seats representing political...
“Members vote on individual capacity not as party block because a member of Parliament of Rwanda once elected, becomes the representative of the people at the national level and works for the attainment of the general interests.” Deputy Speaker Mukababwiza said. Members of the delegation of th...
One of the smallest countries in Africa, mountainous Rwanda is referred to as the “land of a thousand hills.”
The interior minister Suella Braverman, responding to the ruling in parliament, said: "Today is a bad day for the British people, today is a good day for the people smugglers". ‘Unworkable, unethical’ Political opponents said the government had no plan on how to deal with ...
In an interview with Reuters, Habineza, the leader of the Democratic Green Party, said he expected to exceed his total of 0.48% of the vote from 2017. "People are only considering 2017 and say that I got 0.4%, but they forget that our party stood for parliament and got more th...
In May, 2003, votes approved a new constitution. In the subsequent presidential election in July, President Paul Kagame faced three Hutu candidates, the most prominent of which was former prime minister Faustin Twagiramungu. The election, the first in which Rwandans could vote for an opposition...
About 9.5 million Rwandans are eligible to vote, according to the National Election Commission.■ Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaks during the launch of presidential campaign in Musanze, Rwanda, June 22, 2024. Campaigning started Saturday in Rwanda ahead of next month's presidential and legislativ...
As the Rwanda plan was not a manifesto commitment, critics in the unelected chamber will also argue the usual convention of not delaying the delivery of an election pledge does not apply. With an upcoming election, the timing also means the government cannot use powers under the Parliament Act...
It is also foreshadowed in reform of EU migration and asylum laws that the European Parliament puts to a vote on Wednesday (10 April), and which contains a provision for sending asylum-seekers to a "safe" third country. However, the EU law would require a "link" to be shown...