Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Can Central African Republic’s president unite the country? | Inside Story” – below is their description.
The Central African Republic’s president, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been re-elected for another five-year term.
However, his opponents say the December 27 vote was flawed.
Many polling stations didn’t open and rebels allied with former president Francois Bozize are reported to have threatened voters.
So what are the hopes for stability and peace after nearly eight years of civil unrest?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Peter Knoope – Fellow, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, a South Africa-based think tank.
Michael Amoah – Senior Visiting Fellow at Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Central African Republic
The Central African Republic, or Centrafrique, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.
It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest and Cameroon to the west. The CAR covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi) and had an estimated population of around 4.7 million as of 2018.
As of 2020, the CAR is the scene of a civil war, ongoing since 2012.
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
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