Editing Paul Kagame (section)

==Biography==
Kagame was born in the city of Gitarama, in the central region of the country, and emigrated with his family to Uganda, taking refuge from the attacks suffered by the Tutsis, his ethnic group, perpetrated by Hutus. At the age of 22 Kagame joined [[Yoweri Kaguta Musevini]]'s National Resistance Army (NRA), armed guerrillas fighting for the overthrow of the Ugandan president [[Milton Obote]]. Having succeeded, Kagame founded the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]] (RPF) in 1986, along with other Tutsi refugees, with the aim of seizing power in Rwanda.

With the attack that killed Rwandan Hutu President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] in 1994, a [[Civil War|civil war]] broke out, a conflict that opposed the Hutu and Tutsi. During the crisis resulting from [[Rwandan Genocide]], the RPF took advantage of the situation to invade the country and ended the conflict by supplanting rival forces. A coalition government was formed, under the presidency of the moderate Hutu Pasteur Bizimungu, with Paul Kagame as vice president. Kagame was designated as the country's strongman, who was involved in that period in the First and Second War of the Congo, motivated by ethnic tensions and access to lucrative mineral resources.

In 2000, after disagreements, Bizimungu resigned, and Kagame provisionally assumed power, backed by Parliament. His government is accused of preventing freedom of the press and expression. Kagame was elected in 2003 by universal suffrage, although the election was very controversial.