President Touadéra re-elected within the Central African Republic | EUROtoday

As of: January 6, 2026 10:29 a.m

The President of the Central African Republic, Touadéra, can apparently stay in workplace. According to preliminary election outcomes, he obtained a transparent majority within the election. But his principal competitor sees it otherwise.

Faustin-Archange Touadéra has gained the presidential election within the Central African Republic. The National Electoral Authority printed preliminary election outcomes that evening, based on which he obtained 76 % of the vote.

The president, who has been in workplace since 2016, is now solely allowed to take up his third time period in workplace due to a controversial constitutional change. The closing election outcomes are to be introduced on January twentieth.

Second strongest candidate doesn’t acknowledge the consequence

The second strongest candidate, former Prime Minister Anicet-Georges Dologuélé, obtained virtually 15 % of the vote. As the French broadcaster RFI reported, he instantly declared that he didn’t acknowledge the consequence. Even earlier than the election, he had criticized the electoral course of and shut ties between the electoral authority and Touadéra’s marketing campaign.

Poor and conflict-ridden

Despite its wealth of minerals, gold and diamonds, the Central African Republic is among the poorest international locations. The nation has been in a state of battle since 2013. At that point, predominantly Muslim rebels took energy and deposed President François Bozizé. Six of 14 armed teams that signed a peace deal in 2019 later left the settlement.

Russian mercenaries are additionally current within the nation. Hundreds of hundreds of individuals have fled the Central African Republic due to the violence.