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Africa’s One-Horse Election Races

Paul Kagame’s landslide victory in Monday’s presidential elections highlights Africa’s multiparty democracy problems. Across the continent elections are predictable, and continue to produce landslides victories for ruling parties. According to media reports, Kagame received 93 per cent of the votes in an election criticized for being marred by political intimidation, repression and violence. But more important, what does Kagame’s win mean for opposition politics in particular, and Rwanda in general?

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