KIGALI — Rwanda's incumbent President Paul Kagame has been re-elected, winning 99.18 percent of the votes cast Monday in the presidential elections, according to provisional results released Thursday by the National Electoral Commission.

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Opposition candidate Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana received 0.50 percent and 0.32 percent of the votes, respectively.