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Central African Republic President Faustin Arcang Tuadera won another five-year term after garnering more than 53 percent of the vote in a violent election, according to preliminary results announced on Monday.
The electoral commission declared Touadera the winner in the December 27 elections, saying that in the first round he had enough votes to make a run-off unnecessary in the country rich in gold and diamonds.
Tuadera, 63, has been fighting to wrest control of large swathes of the country from armed militias since he took power for the first time in 2016, three years after another rebellion that toppled former President Francois Bozizi.
The presidential elections were held despite an attack by rebel groups that tried to block the vote after the Constitutional Court rejected Bozizi’s candidacy.
“I announce the victory of Faustin Arcang Touadera, after receiving an absolute majority of votes in the first round of 53.9%,” Matthias Muruba, head of the electoral commission, said at a press conference in the capital, Bangui.
Moruba said that the preliminary results of the legislative elections that were held on the same day would be announced at a later time.
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