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Kigali, Rwanda - 18 December 2015
1. Rwandan President Paul Kagame handing documents to election official
2. Various of Kagame casting vote
3. Kagame having finger marked with electoral ink
STORYLINE:
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday cast his ballot in a referendum to decide if he should be allowed to extend his time in power.
Kagame, 58, is ineligible to run in 2017 because the Rwandan constitution limits a president to two terms.
But if Rwandans vote to change the term restriction, he would be able to run for an additional seven-year term and then two five-year terms.
He could possibly stay in power until 2034.
Kagame became president in 2000 after being Rwanda's de facto leader since the end of the country's genocide in 1994.
He is credited with stabilising and promoting economic growth after the mass killings, but critics say he is an authoritarian ruler who does not tolerate opposition.
Rwanda's political opposition has criticised the referendum as undemocratic.
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