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Touadera re-elected as Central African Republic president

Faustin Archange Touadera.

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera (2nd right) at a polling station in Bangui on December 27, 2020. He has been declared winner of the election. PHOTO | ALEXIS HUGUET | AFP

By  AFP

Bangui

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera has won an outright election victory after a tense first round of voting in the coup-prone country, the electoral commission announced on Monday.

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