Supporters of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attend an election campaign rally on the hills overlooking Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday Aug. 2, 2017. Kagame...
Supporters of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attend an election campaign rally on the hills overlooking Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday Aug. 2, 2017. Kagame has been in power since the end of the country's genocide in 1994 and is widely expected to win another term in the Aug. 4 elections after the government earlier this month disqualified all but three candidates. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attends an election campaign rally on the hills overlooking Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday Aug. 2, 2017. Kagame has been in ...
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attends an election campaign rally on the hills overlooking Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday Aug. 2, 2017. Kagame has been in power since the end of the country's genocide in 1994 and is widely expected to win another term in the Aug. 4 elections after the government earlier this month disqualified all but three candidates. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Rwandan presidential candidate Philippe Mpayimana campaigns in the Nyarugenge district of Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. President Paul Kaga...
Rwandan presidential candidate Philippe Mpayimana campaigns in the Nyarugenge district of Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. President Paul Kagame has been de facto leader or president of the East African nation since his rebels ended its 1994 genocide and while he remains popular for presiding over impressive economic growth, he inspires fear among some who say he uses the powers of the state to remove genuine opponents. (AP Photo/Eric Murinzi)
Supporters of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, center, attend an election campaign rally on the hills overlooking Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday Aug. 2, 201...
Supporters of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, center, attend an election campaign rally on the hills overlooking Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday Aug. 2, 2017. Rwanda's longtime president has already claimed victory in Friday's election. In this strictly run country, Paul Kagame is praised for bringing economic development but criticized for stifling opposition _ and now the constitution allows him to stay in power until 2034. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandans living outside the country have started voting a day before the presidential election that longtime leader Paul Kagame is widely expected to win.
The electoral commission for the East African nation says more than 44,000 people in the diaspora are expected to vote at nearly 100 polling stations. Political analysts say that's a small part of the millions of Rwandans living overseas.
Rwanda's 6.9 million registered voters can vote on Friday.
Kagame won the 2010 election with 93 percent of the vote.
His challengers this time include little-known Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party — the only permitted opposition party — and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana.
