Rwanda: Local Polls - Which Are the Remaining Elective Seats?

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Rwanda: Local Polls - Which Are the Remaining Elective Seats?

[New Times] The local government elections are inching closer to an end as the exercise goes to the district level, the highest elective local administrative office in the country.

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