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Born October 1957 (age 69) • Rwanda

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President of Rwanda Paul Kagame wearing a suit and glasses, speaking at a podium with a green marble background at the United Nations.
Rows of human skulls with visible fractures are displayed on metal shelves above stacks of long bones inside the Ntarama Catholic Church genocide memorial in Nyamata, Rwanda.
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