Over 570 000 registered voters took to the polls with incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadéra set to be re-elected.  Presidential term limits were removed by a referendum in 2023 thus allowing Touadera to contest for a 3rd term.  Part of the opposition called for a boycott of the poll, in which 2.3 million people were eligible to vote, condemning it as a sham and lacking political dialogue.

–Reuters–