Central African Republic is voting on a constitutional referendum on Sunday which, if it passes, could remove a presidential term limit and allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to run for a third term in 2025. Touadera was first elected in 2016 for a five-year term and won reelection in 2020 for what was supposed to be his final term in office. The new constitution would reset the clock, allowing him to run for a fresh seven-year mandate, and the number of terms he or another candidate could run for president would be unlimited. What I really want is stability for the country to progress," said Laurent Ngombe, a teacher and one of the first people to vote. Since then, over 1,500 troops, including instructors and private military contractors from Russia's Wagner group, have been deployed in the country alongside the national army.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 30, 2023 22:04 UTC