Outsider takes early lead in Central Africa presidential race
BANGUI — Early results from Central African Republic’s presidential election on Saturday gave former premier Faustin Archange Touadera a slim lead in the capital after a vote seen as vital to restoring stability after ending years of unrest.Partial results in Bangui from Wednesday’s election showed Touadera, a former prime minister under ousted ex-president Francois Bozize, leading with 30,999 votes.Anicet Georges Dologuele, another former prime minister who had been seen as one of the favourites to lead the country, was on 28,162 votes while Desire Kolingbala, son of former military dictator Andre Kolingba, had 25,057.The results were based on nearly 130,000 votes, representing 64% of votes cast in Bangui, Julius Ngouade Baba of the National Elections Authority (ANE) told reporters.Voters had flocked to the polls to elect a president and parliament, three years after the ousting of Mr Bozize, a Christian, by a rebel alliance dominated by minority Muslims. Despite security concerns ...
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