Rwandan opposition party registers days before September vote deadline


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  • Saturday, 10 Aug 2013

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame takes part in a joint news conference soon after a meeting with presidents Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda in Entebbe, 36km (22 miles) southwest of the capital Kampala, June 25, 2013. REUTERS/James Akena

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's Democratic Green Party has been officially recognised as a political party after years of what it calls government obstruction and faces a race against time to field candidates for next month's election.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame earned international praise for rebuilding the country after the 1994 genocide, but critics accuse the former rebel commander of being authoritarian and trampling on political freedoms, charges he rejects.

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