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Faustin
Touadera leads CAR presidential poll first round AFP
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Results from the Central
African Republic presidential election show former Prime Minister Faustin
Touadera has a surprise lead with a quarter of votes counted. Thirty candidates
contested the poll, which is likely to go to a run-off on 31 January.
BBC Africa Live report continues:
He
was prime minister in the government of ex-President Francois Bozize, ousted in
2013 by mainly Muslim Seleka rebels.
The
country has since been wracked by conflict along religious lines.
More
than a quarter of the population has been forced from their homes.
Voting
took place on 30 December, with UN troops guarding polling stations.
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