Central African Republic strongman faces vote
BANGUI, Central African Republic-He fought his way to power in a hail of bullets in 2003 and kept it through an election. On Sunday, strongman-president Francois Bozize is expected to win another term, this time facing the man he overthrew nearly eight years ago. Few believe the vote will bring much change to this forgotten backwater in the heart of Africa, a desperately dirt-poor nation that’s suffered five coups and myriad army mutinies since independence 50 years ago. Despite the nation’s wealth of gold, diamonds, timber and uranium, Bozize’s corruption-addled government remains perpetually cash-strapped. Its authority is mostly limited to the capital, while armed bandits and insurgents…
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