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Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll

Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll

FORMER Central Africa Republic's transitional leader Catherine Samba-Panza, who guided the country from 2014 to 2016, has declared she will challenge incumbent President Faustin Archange Touadera in the December 27 election. Samba-Panza, 64, who became the first woman to lead the country of 4.6 million in the wake of a political crisis in 2012-2013, said on Friday that she took the decision after many people had encouraged her to run. "In the face of increased socio-political tension and the degrading security in the country, many appealed from all sides of the political spectrum, asking me to run," Samba-Panza said in…
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