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Central African Republic, France
Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

The arrest of four French soldiers on 21 February has raised tensions between Bangui and Paris. The French foreign ministry has sent several messages to the president's office in CAR calling for their release and on 22 February it suspended the delivery of all new visas for France. [...]

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African Union
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Central African Republic
Paris mulls resuming financial aid to Bangui

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Central African Republic
Behind the scenes of former French soldier's evacuation

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Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.05.2023

Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

The EU, after appointing more than a dozen new ambassadors in Africa last year, is putting the finishing touches to another major reshuffle of staff in at least 13 embassies on the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.04.2023

Central African Republic
Funding shortfall could scupper local elections

After numerous postponements, Central African Republic is to hold its first elections in 40 years this July. But the financing is far from secure, and international backers are proving reluctant to fork out for the process.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 13.02.2023

Central African Republic
Touadéra's influence over presidential guard creates concern

Recent promotions within CAR's presidential guard favour the Mbaka-Mandja ethnic group, of which de Faustin-Archange Touadéra is a part, making the guard less diverse.

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Horn of Africa, Switzerland
Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Switzerland, which already had an extensive diplomatic network in Africa, has now been expanded further after the federal department of foreign affairs appointed Sylvain Astier as the country's special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

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Central African Republic
OMP Solutions equips MINUSCA's Burundian peacekeepers

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, is increasing the capacities of the contingents already stationed in the country.

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Central African Republic
CAR army set to take over French military base in M'poko

The departure of French forces from the M'poko military base at Bangui airport is due to be completed by the end of December. The Forces Armées Centrafricaines (FACA) are hoping to recover the installation, despite Paris' misgivings.

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Central African Republic
Opposition lobbies Antonio Guterres over constitutional reform

A coalition of opposition parties, the BRDC, is hoping to spur UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres into action following the ousting of judge Daniele Darlan from the country's constitutional court, which she also presided.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 07.11.2022

Morocco
Rabat puts Sahel and CAR top of African Union agenda

Le Maroc, qui a pris la présidence du Conseil paix et sécurité (CPS) de l'Union africaine (UA) pour le mois d'octobre, organisera le 20 une large réunion consacrée à la situation au Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.10.2022

Central African Republic
Touadéra sets ambitious goals to revamp university sector

The Central African Republic president, an academic himself, has secured Saudi funding to renovate the University of Bangui and has formed a partnership with a Turkish university. This is all part of plans to build a new and improved tertiary education sector in the country.

Subscribers only Politics 04.10.2022

Central African Republic
New MINUSCA head Rugwabiza seeks two new deputies for the mission

After the departure of the MINUSCA head, Senegalese Mankeur Ndiaye in April, the UN stabilisation mission in Central African Republic is also to have two new representatives: a humanitarian coordinator and a new deputy head.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.09.2022

Valentine Rugwabiza, UN Special Representative in the Central African Republic and Head of MINUSCA.

Africa, United Nations, West Africa
UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

The appointment of UN-mandated expert panels is being increasingly hotly debated in New York. On one side are the P3 members of the US, France and UK, and on the other the P2 of Russia and China.

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Central African Republic, France
Hindered by Russian influence, France closes its last army base in Bangui

After pulling French troops out of Mali, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce the closure ofa logistics base at Bangui airport next week. The departure of the last 130 French troops is scheduled for the end of the year.

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Central African Republic
France quits MINUSCA command in further sign of military disengagement

French General Stéphane Marchenoir, chief of staff of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, will step down in August after a year in the post.

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Central Africa
UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

The United Nations is likely to pick a West African replacement for Guinean François Louncény Fall, who stepped down as head of the UN regional office in for Central Africa in June after six years in the role.

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West Africa
EU ministers to discuss Africa

EU foreign affairs ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on 16 May. While the situation in Ukraine is set to dominate the talks, the agenda is also likely to include Africa, and specifically the Sahel region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.05.2022

Madagascar
French diplomat to head up EU delegation in Madagascar

In post since 2018, the European Union's Italian ambassador in Antananarivo, Giovanni Di Girolamo, will be stepping down this summer.

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Togo
Richard Attias, Faure Gnassingbé's trusted partner turning Togo into summit meetings central

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Founder of Richard Attias & Associates Richard Attias.

Guinea
Junta making slow work of installing post-Condé ambassadorial line-up

Although most of Guinea's ambassadors were recalled in early February, none of them has so far returned to Conakry. Interim president Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya is nevertheless pursuing his efforts little by little to change his country's diplomatic line-up abroad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.03.2022

Central African Republic
Paris and Bangui continue to quarrel despite the release of four French soldiers from custody

Nearly a month after the arrest and the release of four French soldiers, Paris and Bangui are now arguing over the accommodation made available for French military cooperation personnel in the capital.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.03.2022

Central African Republic
EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

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Central African Republic, United Nations
Luanda keen for MINUSCA role

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In Focus | Central African Republic
Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

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Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.02.2022

The Gabonese contingent of the Minusca in 2019.

Central African Republic
MINUSCA awaits appointment of new boss

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Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.02.2022

Mankeur Ndiaye, head of MINUSCA, with Rwandan diplomat Valentine Rugwabiza, who is expected to succeed him.

Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

Central African president Faustin Archange Touadéra has been making repeated appeals to Paris in recent days with a view to meeting with Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union summit. For the moment, the French government is politely stalling for time.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.02.2022

French president Emmanuel Macron and his Central African counterpart Faustin Archange Touadéra during their last meeting in September 2019.

Central African Republic
UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

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Central African Republic, Turkey
Bangui-Ankara rapprochement threatens Fethullah Gulen's school

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Presidents Faustin Archange Touadéra and Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed during a Turkey-Africa summit on 18 December.

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Central African Republic, France
Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

Central African Republic
Paris mulls resuming financial aid to Bangui

Central African Republic
Behind the scenes of former French soldier's evacuation

Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

Central African Republic
Funding shortfall could scupper local elections

Central African Republic
Touadéra's influence over presidential guard creates concern

Horn of Africa, Switzerland
Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Central African Republic
OMP Solutions equips MINUSCA's Burundian peacekeepers

Central African Republic
CAR army set to take over French military base in M'poko

Central African Republic
Opposition lobbies Antonio Guterres over constitutional reform

Morocco
Rabat puts Sahel and CAR top of African Union agenda

Central African Republic
Touadéra sets ambitious goals to revamp university sector

Central African Republic
New MINUSCA head Rugwabiza seeks two new deputies for the mission

Africa, United Nations, West Africa
UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Central African Republic, France
Hindered by Russian influence, France closes its last army base in Bangui

Central African Republic
France quits MINUSCA command in further sign of military disengagement

Central Africa
UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

West Africa
EU ministers to discuss Africa

Madagascar
French diplomat to head up EU delegation in Madagascar

Togo
Richard Attias, Faure Gnassingbé's trusted partner turning Togo into summit meetings central

Guinea
Junta making slow work of installing post-Condé ambassadorial line-up

Central African Republic
Paris and Bangui continue to quarrel despite the release of four French soldiers from custody

Central African Republic
EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

Central African Republic, United Nations
Luanda keen for MINUSCA role

In Focus | Central African Republic
Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

Central African Republic
MINUSCA awaits appointment of new boss

Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

Central African Republic
UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

Central African Republic, Turkey
Bangui-Ankara rapprochement threatens Fethullah Gulen's school