Central African Republic: Factbox - Central African Republic Elections

30 December 2015

Voters in the Central African Republic are optimistic Wednesday's (30.12.2015) poll will reunite a nation torn by sectarian strife. This is the third time elections are being held since independence from France in 1960.

The country has known only short lived stability owing to a string of coups dating back from 1965.

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