Andrew Mitchell: Rwandan election will be 'free and fair' - BBC Newsnight

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Ahead of the Rwandan presidential election Evan Davis spoke to former Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell about the state of democracy in the country, and the impact of UK aid. 

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