Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum on Sunday which, if passed, could allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to run for a third term in 2025.
Touadera was first elected in 2016 for a five-year term and won reelection in 2020 for what was supposed to be his final term in office.
Mathias Barthelemy Mourouba, head of the country's electoral commission, told Reuters that provisional results are expected within seven days, but they will start releasing results from some polling stations on Monday.of the referendum, saying it was designed to keep Touadera in power for life. Turnout was meagre at a polling station in a northern suburb of the capital Bangui early on Sunday, with around two dozen voters in the queue, according to a Reuters reporter.
The land-locked country, roughly the size of France and with a population of around 5.5 million, is rich in minerals including gold, diamond, and timber. It has witnessed waves instability, including coups and rebellions, since independence from France in 1960.
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