The former prime minister of Central African Republic Faustin Archange Touadera won the Central African Republic’s presidential elections, according to the nation’s electoral body.
The former prime minister of Central African Republic Faustin Archange Touadera won the Central African Republic’s presidential elections, according to the nation’s electoral body.
The elections were a second round run-off that pitted Mr. Touadera against Anicet Georges Dologuele, another former prime minister. Mr. Dologuele took the most votes in the first round. Mr. Touadera won 63% of the vote.
Mr. Dologuele accepted Mr. Touadera’s victory during a statement to the press on Saturday night.
Mr. Touadera served as prime minister Francois Bozize until he was toppled in a 2013 coup.
Many observers hope that the elections will facilitate a peace deal. Sectarian violence in the country has caused thousands of deaths and forced an estimated 500,000 people to flee the country.