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Virginia Pietromarchi

EXPLAINED: Car braces for referendum that may extend president touadera s rule | Vintage Vibes

Wagner troops pictured in the CAR capital, Bangui, as part of the presidential security system during the referendum campaign earlier in July [Leger Kokpakpa/Reuters]

The Central African Republic (CAR) will hold on Sunday a contested constitutional referendum that could allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to extend his rule.

Voters will be asked to decide on whether to scrap the existing two-term presidential limit and effectively allow Touadera to run for a third time in 2025. Opposition parties have called for a boycott of the vote.

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