# The Rwandan government has denied rumours that President Paul Kagame was sick following his absence from public appearances in recent weeks. The 67-year old Kagama has not been seen in public since 6 June, as evidenced by his X account, generating rumours online and in the country given his usual energetic and omnipresent role. He has effectively ruled Rwanda since 1994, when he led a rebel uprising to overthrow the extremist Hutu regime responsible for the genocide that killed more than 800-thousand members of the Tutsi minority.
Rwanda denies rumours that president Kagame is sick