{"id":21734,"date":"2025-12-28T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/around-570-000-vote-as-touadera-expected-to-secure-re-election\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:43","slug":"around-570-000-vote-as-touadera-expected-to-secure-re-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/around-570-000-vote-as-touadera-expected-to-secure-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 570 000 vote as Touad\u00e9ra expected to secure re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Central African Republic, around 570 000 registered voters have gone to the polls, with incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touad\u00e9ra widely expected to secure re-election. Presidential term limits were scrapped following a 2023 referendum, a move that has drawn concern from Human Rights Watch over the conduct of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, voters in Guinea have cast their ballots in the country\u2019s first presidential election since the 2021 military coup. The poll marks a key step in the West African nation\u2019s return to civilian rule, with experts predicting a victory for junta leader General Mamadi Doumbouya.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some tensions, observers say the vote in Guinea has been relatively calm compared to other Sahel states. The African Centre for Governance Election Observation Mission\u2019s deputy head, Tendai Mbanje, notes a generally positive and even jovial mood, with strong youth support for Doumbouya, who has gained backing for delivering tangible developments during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21735,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-21734","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Presidential term limits were scrapped following a 2023 referendum.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Presidential term limits were scrapped following a 2023 referendum.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25292,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21734\/revisions\/25292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}