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Central Africans to vote on Sunday in general election amid surge in violence

MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Sputnik) Voters in the Central African Republic will go to the polls on Sunday to cast ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections amid political turmoil and a rise in violence.
The week before the voting day saw incumbent President Faustin Archange Touadera accuse his main rival and predecessor, Francois Bozize, of plotting a coup and the militias march on the capital Bangui.
Bozize, a 74-year-old former general who seized power in 2003 and was ousted a decade later, returned from exile a year ago to plot his comeback.
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