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Formula One Is Coming Back to Africa: Kagame Announces a 10-Year Deal for a Rwanda Grand Prix

The American-owned championship will race at a new FIA Grade 1 circuit in Bugesera, near Kigali’s new international airport, from the early 2030s — the first Grand Prix in Africa since South Africa in 1993.

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who announced the 10-year Formula One agreement. (File photo, Feb. 18, 2017)Hildenbrand /MSC / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0 de)

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