Central African Republic: Rebel Violence Threatens Elections

Click to expand Image Presidential guards stand guard in Bangui, on December 12, 2020, during the opening campaign rally for incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadéra, seen in the poster, a candidate in the December 2020 elections. © 2020 Camille Laffont/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – A new rebel coalition in the Central African Republic has created havoc in the run-up to the country’s legislative and presidential elections, scheduled for December 27, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. The new coalition is called the Coalition of Patriots for Change (Coalition des patriotes pour…

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