00:00Voting in the Central African Republic's national elections appears to have gone smoothly in many places with local observers reporting no major disturbances at polling stations.
00:15Roughly 2.3 million voters are casting ballots for presidents, legislators and local offices with provisional results expected by early January.
00:26We can say that the vote went very well. There was no major disturbance. The representatives of the parties and also of the candidates behaved very well, not to mention the president of the polling station, who was very accommodating.
00:43The elections on December 28, 2025 see incumbent President Fusten Akonje Tundera seeking a controversial third term after a constitutional change removed presidential term limits, a move his critics say weakened democratic checks.
00:58Tundera, backed by Russian security support and credited by some voters with improving stability, is widely seen as the favorite in a crowded field of seven presidential contenders.
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