CAR's top court clears Touadera to stand in December presidential election

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CAR's top court clears Touadera to stand in December presidential election  Central African Republic’s top court has cleared President Faustin Archange Touadera to stand in next month’s presidential election.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/15/cars-top-court-clears-touadera-to-stand-in-december-presidential-election  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Central African Republic's top court has cleared President Fustin-Arconge Tuadera to stand

00:07in next month's presidential election. A recent petition had sought to block Tuadera

00:12on the grounds that he doesn't meet the lineage requirements to run for the presidency.

00:18The Constitutional Court also gave the green light to opposition leader Anisset-Georges

00:23de Ogulé and five other candidates for the December 28 vote. Tuadera first took office

00:30in 2016 and was re-elected five years later. He's one of Russia's closest African allies

00:37and CAR, one of the first countries to allow the mercenary Wagner Group to establish operations.

00:44It's pledged to help fight rebel groups and restore peace in exchange for gaining access

00:50to the country's mineral resources.

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