Voting has opened smoothly in most polling stations in Rwanda as the country goes to the polls today Monday 15 July 2024. Observers from the Joint African Union-COMESA Team have been deployed across the country and witnessed the opening and voting process. People have turned out to cast their vote in the 2024 General Elections of Rwanda. The country has 9.7million registered voters and over 2, 400 polling stations.

The Joint AU-COMESA Election Observation Mission (AUCOMESAEOM) has deployed 48 short term observers who include representatives from election management bodies, members of African civil society organisations, African election experts, gender and media experts.

The AU-COMESA EOM is led by H.E. Jorge Carlos De Almedia Fonseca, former President of Cabo Verde and deputised by Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, former Prime Minister of Uganda. He is also a member of the COMESA Committee of Elders. The Mission is expected to issue their preliminary statement containing initial findings and recommendations on the conduct of the elections in Kigali on Wednesday 17 July 2024.

The observers are drawn from Benin, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.