Low Turnout As CAR Votes On Third Mandate for President Touadera: CAR
Some 1.9 million people were called on to cast their ballots at polls on Sunday, which closed at 5.00 pm local time - an hour later than initially planned after some delays in opening stations.
Provisional results are not expected for eight days, while the constitutional court is scheduled to publish the definitive outcome on 27 August, according to the national electoral authority. In 2020 Touadera won a second five-year term, after a vote interrupted by several incursions by armed rebel groups.His rivals now claim that he wants to remain"president for life" - under the increasingly visible protection of privateThe country of 5.5 million people is one of the world's poorest.
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