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Touadéra bans Central African ministers from making political announcements on social media

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Faustin-Archange Touadéra has banned Central African ministers from sharing institutional or political information on their personal accounts, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique. The Ministry of Communication is to centralise government announcements, a measure the outlet describes as a restriction on digital communication within the executive.

The Central African Republic’s president Faustin-Archange Touadéra has banned ministers from publishing institutional or political information on their personal accounts, Corbeau News Centrafrique reports. The instruction was reportedly given during the first cabinet meeting of the new government term.

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