The opposition is boycotting the poll and says Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to be leader for life.
The Central African Republic president is asking voters to back abolishing term limits in a referendum backed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group.
The main opposition has called for a boycott of the referendum, accusing President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of wanting to become president-for-life.His supporters say that constitutional limits on presidential terms are "uncommon" in the region, and the proposed changes will help achieve stability and development.
On Wednesday, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said hundreds of its fighters had arrived in the resource-rich country as part of "a planned rotation before the referendum", according to the Afrique Media website linked to the Russian group.
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