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00:00In Rwanda, just one month before presidential elections there, leader Paul Kagame has reshuffled
00:06his government.
00:07He's widely expected to stroll into re-election, but has changed the heads of some key ministries.
00:13Clément de Roma has more.
00:16This is the fourth major cabinet reshuffle in less than a year within the Rwandan government.
00:21The changes made by President Paul Kagame, who is running for re-election, come one month
00:26before the presidential and legislative votes on July 15.
00:30They affect several key sectors.
00:32The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Biruta, who has been in office since 2019, is now
00:37the Interior Ministries, replaced by Olivier Dunguiere, an influential ambassador to the
00:44Netherlands.
00:45He has been cited in a recent investigation by a consortium of Western media, Rwanda classified
00:49for his online attacks against critics of the regime.
00:53The Ministers of Finance, Environment and Labour are changing as well.
00:58Paul Kagame is also transforming his security apparatus.
01:01The National Intelligence and Security Service has a new chief, the former Attorney General
01:06Eva Emmable-Avou-Guillermier.
01:09Exactly one year ago, Kagame carried out a major reorganization with his armed forces,
01:15dismissing 100 officers, including some high-ranking ones for indiscipline, without further explanation.
01:22The shake-ups are a rare window onto the inner dynamics of Kagame's otherwise inscrutable
01:27administration.