A Rwandan court on Wednesday found opposition leader and dissident Victoire Ingabire ineligible to run in the July presidential polls because of previous convictions for terrorism and genocide denial.
A fierce critic of Rwanda’s long-ruling President Paul Kagame, Ingabire spent eight years in prison before receiving a presidential pardon in 2018 that cut short her 15-year sentence.
She had asked the Kigali high court to allow her to contest the July 15 polls despite a legal ban on convicted candidates who have been jailed for six months or longer.
