Deposed CAR leader barred from elections

Central African Republic’s former President, Francois Bozize, forced into exile two years ago, was not on the list of eligible candidates for this month’s elections, having said in August that he would return to stand.
The polls were set for October 18 but postponed until December 27 after violence in the capital Bangui killed about 100 people since September, Reuters reported.
One person was killed on the outskirts of a Muslim enclave shortly after the Pope’s visit last month and eight killed in a camp for displaced people in the country’s centre.
The president of the constitutional court, Zacharie Ndoumba, included Bozize on the list of rejected candidates. But state media said he had not registered.
A spokesman for Bozize’s Kwa Na Kwa party said the court had told them Bozize had not furnished proof of enrollment for the electoral list.

Central African Republic was mired in violence after Bozize fled to Cameroon in 2013 when Seleka fighters seized power in the majority-Christian nation, sparking reprisals by “anti-balaka” Christian militias loyal to Bozize. He was accused of stoking the attacks.
The government that succeeded him issued an international arrest warrant against him in 2013 for crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide during his 10 years in power.
He also faces United Nations travel and banking sanctions.

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