Rwanda court upholds election ban on opposition politician

A Rwandan court on Wednesday refused to restore opposition leader Victoire Ingabire's civic rights and remove her previous convictions for terrorism and genocide denial, rendering her ineligible to run in the July presidential polls. She had asked the Kigali high court to remove her convictions, which would allow her to contest the July 15 polls despite a legal ban on convicted candidates who have been jailed for six months or longer.