Opinion | Rwanda’s Forever President...
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August 02, 2017
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Opinion | Rwanda's Forever President
Why? Because Mr. Kagame has been masterful at deflecting criticism of his illiberalism by pointing to Rwanda's economic performance. The country is touted as a model: The government claims that the economy grew by an average of about 8 percent a year between 2001 and 2014, and that the rate of poverty dropped from nearly 57 percent in 2006 to less than 40 percent in 2014.
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