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Click to expand Image President Faustin-Archange Touadera greets supporters after highest court confirmed his re-election at his party headquarter in Bangui, Central Africa Republic January 18, 2021. 2021 REUTERS/Antoine Rolland (Nairobi) -An upcoming constitutional referendum could further close civic space in the Central African Republic and risks reversing democratic gains made since 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, announced via Facebook on May 30, 2023, that he was calling a referendum on a new constitution. While the text is not yet public, the change could enable Touadera to stay on as president beyond 2025, when his current term is up. Fidle Gouandjika, minister and special adviser to the president, told AFP that a referendum would not enable Touadera to run for a third term, "but the counters will be reset at zero" and the president could run again. "This referendum comes as governmen
Click to expand Image President Faustin-Archange Touadera greets supporters after highest court confirmed his re-election at his party headquarter in Bangui, Central Africa Republic January 18, 2021. 2021 REUTERS/Antoine Rolland (Nairobi) -An upcoming constitutional referendum could further close civic space in the Central African Republic and risks reversing democratic gains made since 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, announced via Facebook on May 30, 2023, that he was calling a referendum on a new constitution. While the text is not yet public, the change could enable Touadera to stay on as president beyond 2025, when his current term is up. Fidle Gouandjika, minister and special adviser to the president, told AFP that a referendum would not enable Touadera to run for a third term, "but the counters will be reset at zero" and the president could run again. "This referendum comes as governmen
COTONOU: Benin’s constitutional court on Friday affirmed the ruling coalition’s win in last weekend’s legislative election and the return to parliament of an opposition after boycotts and exclusions in previous elections. The final tally showed the two parties already in power Union Progressiste le Renouveau and Bloc Republicain came first and second with 37.56 percent and
An opposition party in Benin won enough votes in a legislative vote last week to join the two ruling parties in parliament, although they retained a firm majority, the electoral commission.