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Rwandans head to the polls in parliamentary election

Nairobi, Kigali, RawandaNairobi/Kigali  - Rwandans went to the polls Monday to vote in parliamentary elections, with President Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR) expected to stroll to victory.

The poll is the second parliamentary election since the 1994 massacre, when the Hutu militia and military massacred 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the space of a few months.

Tutsi-dominated forces led by Kagame ended the slaughter.

Some 53 seats are up for grabs on Monday, while 24 female MPs will be elected Tuesday by provincial and city councils.