President Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s leader since 1994, could effectively rule until 2034 due to a constitutional referendum but, his prolonged control could also hinder the very democracy he has tried to promote.
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A custodian for the shrine in Sargodha, Pakistan, in the Punjab Province, killed 20 people and injured four others with a club and a knife.
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A government-sponsored chemical attack killed 58 people and injured more than 250 others in Syria on April 4. Even though Bashar al-Assad renounced chemical weapons four years ago at the convention and has continually denied his military’s involvement in any subsequent attacks.
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Ecuador’s presidential election will go into a runoff election on April 2 after February 19’s compulsory vote failed to produce a successor to the ten-year incumbent, President Rafael Correa.
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