Voters in the Central African Republic will decide in a referendum Sunday whether to back a new constitution that would allow President Faustin Archange Touadera to seek a third term in a country which has endured several coups.- Boycott -
The putative new constitution would extend the presidential mandate from five to seven years and abolish the two-term limit.
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (AFP) – Some 300 people demonstrated on Saturday in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital against changing the constitution, after the president ordered a rewrite of the basic law. Opposition and civil society called the protest a day after President Faustin Archange Touadera ordered the creation of a committee to rewrite […]
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Security forces in Central African Republic repelled attacks by rebels trying to seize the capital early Wednesday after intense fighting on the city’s outskirts, officials said, in a major escalation of violence that has rocked the country since last month.
At least one Rwandan peacekeeper has been killed, and another injured, according to the UN mission in the country. At least 30 rebels have been killed, according to Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada.