Rwanda: Independent Candidate's Second Place Was Surprise

Independent presidential candidate Phillipe Mpayimana surprised many when he emerged second in Rwanda's presidential elections on August 4.

He garnered almost double the votes that opposition figurehead, Frank Habineza of The Democratic Green Party managed, although both of them had to share less than two per cent of the vote.

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