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Central African Republic
How President Touadéra sidelined nephew Évariste Ngamana in National Assembly

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Former National Assembly deputy speaker Évariste Ngamana in Bangui on July 28 2023.
Former National Assembly deputy speaker Évariste Ngamana in Bangui on July 28 2023. © Barbara DEBOUT/AFP

Simplice Mathieu Sarandji has retained the role as speaker of the Central African Republic's National Assembly and reshuffled the parliamentary bureau in a move that has weakened his rival Évariste Ngamana. Ngamana now finds himself isolated and cut off from one of the country's largest budgets.

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