Several dozen African heads of state and other dignitaries traveled to attend the inauguration ceremony, held on Sunday afternoon in a 45,000-seat stadium in the capital, Kigali, where crowds had been gathering since early morning. Among those present were the Presidents of Angola, João Lourenço, and Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, and the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, Patrice Trovoada. Kagame, 66, was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Faustin Ntezilyayo after winning more than 99 percent of the vote in last month’s election. His re-election in the July 15 presidential election was expected, given his iron-fisted control over the destiny of this small country in the Great Lakes region since the 1994 genocide. Having reached the limit of two seven-year terms, Kagame was able to run again in 2027 thanks to a controversial constitutional change introduced two years earlier, which established a five-year term – with a maximum of two terms maintained. The reform could allow him to remain in power until 2034. Paul Kagame has been Rwanda’s strongman since July 1994, when he and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) overthrew the extremist Hutu government that instigated the genocide in which, according to the UN, more than 800,000 members of the Tutsi minority died.
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