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Newly Elected Central African Republic Leader Faces Hard Realities

By MARGAUX BENN

BANGUI, Central African Republic — A former prime minister, Faustin Archange Touadéra, has won election as president of the Central African Republic, according to preliminary results, setting the stage for the first elected government in three years for a poverty-stricken country that is just emerging from a devastating civil war.

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