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Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 03:00
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Human rights [2]
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123 [3]
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http://ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=19955 [4]
Rwanda's first multi-party elections, which have been described as free and fair, may pave the way for the central African country to join the East African Community bloc, according to a government official. The official, Seth Kamanzi, who is Rwanda's ambassador to Kenya, told IPS that “the delay in Rwanda becoming a part of the bloc is because it was considered undemocratic”.

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Rwanda [7]

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