In the recently concluded elections in December 2020, Faustin-Archange Touadéra has won a second term in office as President of one of the following countries. Identify the country.
- (a)Central African Republic
- (b)Republic of South Africa
- (c)Republic of Ghana
- (d)Republic of Mozambique
Correct — A, Central African Republic. Faustin-Archange Touadéra won a second term as President of the Central African Republic in the election held on 27 December 2020, being declared the first-round winner. A mathematician by training, he had first become President of the CAR in 2016.
- (b)Republic of South Africa — South Africa's President in 2020 was Cyril Ramaphosa, and it did not hold a presidential election in December 2020 — Touadéra has no connection to it.
- (c)Republic of Ghana — Ghana's Nana Akufo-Addo also won re-election in December 2020, which makes this a tempting trap — but he is not Touadéra.
- (d)Republic of Mozambique — Mozambique is led by President Filipe Nyusi and is unrelated to Touadéra.
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa with its capital at Bangui. Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been its President since 2016 and won a second term in the December 2020 polls, held amid unrest by armed groups.
Two African re-elections happened in December 2020 — Touadéra in the CAR and Akufo-Addo in Ghana — so the task is to match the name to the right country.
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra is President of the Central African Republic (since 2016; re-elected December 2020).
- The capital of the CAR is Bangui; it is landlocked in Central Africa.
- Ghana's Nana Akufo-Addo also won re-election in December 2020 (the trap option).
- The CAR's December 2020 election was held amid violence by armed groups.
- Confusing Touadéra (CAR) with Ghana's Nana Akufo-Addo, also re-elected in December 2020.
- Mixing up the many similarly named African republics.
Asked as 'Leader X is the President/PM of which country' — a world current-affairs identification item.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Bangui is the capital of which country?
- (a)Chad
- (b)Central African Republic
- (c)Cameroon
- (d)Republic of the Congo
Answer(b) Central African Republic.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Nana Akufo-Addo, re-elected in December 2020, is the President of which country?
- (a)Nigeria
- (b)Ghana
- (c)Kenya
- (d)Senegal
Answer(b) Ghana — his December-2020 re-election is often confused with Touadéra's in the CAR.