{"id":3803,"date":"2016-03-31T19:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2016-03-31T19:36:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:36:26","slug":"c-a-r-s-new-president-touadera-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/03\/31\/c-a-r-s-new-president-touadera-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"C.A.R.&#8217;s new President Touadera, sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC reports: A former prime minister and maths professor in Central African Republic,\u00a0Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been sworn in as president at a ceremony held at the national stadium\u00a0in the capital, Bangui.<\/p>\n<p>He promised to promote peace and\u00a0to carry out his\u00a0duties &#8220;without any ethnic bias&#8221; following his surprise victory in run-off elections last month.<\/p>\n<p>Mr\u00a0Touadera&#8217;s\u00a0inauguration\u00a0marks the last stage of the political transition aimed at ending a brutal\u00a0conflict which broke out after rebels overthrew the government of Francois Bozize in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Prez-Touadera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3804\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Prez-Touadera.jpg\" alt=\"Prez Touadera\" width=\"704\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Prez-Touadera.jpg 704w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Prez-Touadera-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a>Please pray for President Touadera. \u00a0Pray that he lead with wisdom, justice, and love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3803&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC reports: A former prime minister and maths professor in Central African Republic,\u00a0Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been sworn in as president at a ceremony held at the national stadium\u00a0in the capital, Bangui. He promised to promote peace and\u00a0to carry out his\u00a0duties &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/03\/31\/c-a-r-s-new-president-touadera-sworn-in\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[472,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mission","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>C.A.R.&#039;s new President Touadera, sworn in - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/03\/31\/c-a-r-s-new-president-touadera-sworn-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"C.A.R.&#039;s new President Touadera, sworn in - Danforths&#039; Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC reports: A former prime minister and maths professor in Central African Republic,\u00a0Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been sworn in as president at a ceremony held at the national stadium\u00a0in the capital, Bangui. 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