Central African Republic opposition leader denounces seizure of his passport
Dologuele says authorities seized his diplomatic passport and barred him from a flight to Addis Ababa after a court said he lost citizenship.
- On Tuesday, Central African Republic opposition leader Anicet-Georges Dologuele was prevented from boarding a flight to Addis Ababa for an African Union Peace Fund meeting; authorities confiscated his diplomatic passport.
- An October court ruling invalidated Dologuele's Centrafrican citizenship due to his French nationality, even though he renounced French citizenship last year to challenge President Faustin-Archange Touadera in the presidential election.
- At a press conference on Wednesday in Bangui, Dologuele criticized the state's "abuse of power," claiming the interior minister decided he was "not entitled to a Centrafrican passport."
- Touadera secured the December election with nearly 78 percent of the vote, though Dologuele denounced the outcome as "massive fraud" and filed an appeal.
- The 2016 and 2020 elections were both marred by fraud allegations, and opponents boycotted the latest vote where Touadera secured a third term following 2023 constitutional changes.
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C. Africa opposition leader banned from travel slams 'abuse of power'
Top Central African Republic opposition figure Anicet-Georges Dologuele on Wednesday criticised the state's "abuse of power" after he was prevented from leaving the country on the pretext he had lost his citizenship.
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Central African Republic opposition leader denounces seizure of his passport
Central African Republic’s former prime minister and major opposition figure, Anicet Georges Dologuélé, criticized the confiscation of his diplomatic passport as an abuse of power.
Blocked at Bangui airport when he was due to travel to Addis Ababa for an African Union meeting, the former Prime Minister denounces a "arbitrary" ban.
CAR blocks Dologuele travel after citizenship ruling dispute
Top Central African Republic opposition figure Anicet-Georges Dologuele has accused the state of abusing power after being stopped from leaving the country. The former prime minister said authorities blocked his travel on Tuesday, citing a court ruling that he had lost his citizenship. Dologuele, a leading critic of President Faustin-Archange Touadera, was prevented from boarding a flight to Addis Ababa. He was due to attend an African Union Pea…
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