CAR to hold runoff parliamentary elections in March

Presidential decree says first round of voting will also take place in constituencies where December poll was disrupted.

The Central African Republic (CAR) will hold next month a second round of voting for legislative elections in some constituencies, as well as a first round where a December ballot was disrupted amid a fresh wave of unrest in the violence-hit country. President Faustin Archange Touadera said in a decree on Saturday the second round will take place on March 14. The regions where the first round was disrupted by rebel violence and other factors will also vote on the same date. The campaign for the first round will open on February 27 and for the second round on March 6.