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Armed group MPC on the verge of signing peace agreement with Bangui

Mahamat al-Khatim's movement, active on the Chad-Central African Republic border, must agree with the government on its return to the disarmament, demobilisation, reintegration and repatriation process.

Subscribers only Politics 18.11.2025

Businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga's running tab with Bangui

The Cameroonian media tycoon, who has been imprisoned in Yaoundé since March 2023, still refuses to pay his arrears to the Central African High Council for Communication.

Subscribers only Business 14.11.2025

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Touadéra turns to Abu Dhabi to pay for Africa Corps

Vladimir Putin receives Mohammed bin Zayed at the Kremlin in Moscow, 7 August 2025. © Gavriil Grigorov / Pool / AFP

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 11.11.2025

Opposition leader Anicet-Georges Dologuélé calls on services of lawyer William Bourdon

Faustin-Archange Touadéra's opponent, who is in a tricky legal situation, quietly contacted in late October a Paris-based criminal lawyer. The presidential bid of the head of the Union pour le Renouveau Centrafricain party remains fraught with uncertainty.

Subscribers only Politics 07.11.2025

MINUSCA's mandate renewal impacted by US reservations

Amid talks on the mission's renewal by the UN Security Council in the Central African Republic, the Council's permanent members, particularly France, China and Russia, are uneasy about the US's position, which has not yet been clarified.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 04.11.2025

Touadéra choses hit squad for third term

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra at African School Feeding Day in Bouiboui, in the Central African Republic in March 2025. © Patrick Meinhardt/AFP

Subscribers only Politics 29.10.2025

Final bargaining over Tamoil RCA assets

Under mounting legal and financial strain, Rochefort International's Central African subsidiary is moving to liquidate what remains of its fuel network — as discreet negotiations and rival claims swirl around the carcass of a once-dominant operator.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 22.10.2025

Libreville plays go-between with Bissau and Bangui to discuss ex-president's future

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brought together his Central African and Guinea-Bissau counterparts in the Gabonese capital on 16 October to consider the fate of former president François Bozizé, who is in exile in Guinea-Bissau.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 21.10.2025

Touadéra sets sights on France-based diaspora ahead of elections

Like in 2020, the president is seeking to win the votes of Central Africans living in France ahead of the December presidential election. His campaign teams have been busy in recent weeks, although some Central African emigrants remain staunchly opposed to the government.

Subscribers only Politics 20.10.2025

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui on 26 July 2025.

Caterpillar's Moroccan dealer eyes the Central African market

Moroccan company Tractafric Equipment is working on establishing an industrial machinery maintenance centre in the Central African Republic, where the gold sector has been experiencing a fragile recovery for several months.

Subscribers only Mining 14.10.2025

Faustin-Archange Touadéra invited to G20 Summit in Johannesburg

With close ties to Pretoria, the Central African Republic president has been invited by Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the summit of the 20 biggest world powers, to be held in Johannesburg in late November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.10.2025

António Guterres looks for his new regional representative

UNOCA remains in turmoil and its head is the subject of an internal investigation for alleged sexual exploitation. At the United Nations headquarters in New York, the teams of Secretary-General António Guterres are seeking a solution and a replacement to lead the bureau.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.10.2025

UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, 23 September 2025.

India's ambitious €1.5bn agricultural project lost in limbo

In April, Bangui and T. Rajkumar, head of Indian group Mahasakthi, signed a memorandum of understanding providing for over 984bn CFA francs (€1.5bn) of investment in sugar cane and cassava. No progress has been made since then.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.10.2025

Between boycott and participation, Central African opposition split over election strategy

The main opposition groups in the Central African Republic, torn between boycotting and participating in December's presidential election, are struggling to remain united.

Subscribers only Politics 07.10.2025

Supporters of presidential candidate Anicet-Georges Dologuele in the town of Bossangoa, Central African Republic, 2016.

EY's French-speaking partners gear up for next chapter

The accounting firm's French-speaking offices are to create an independent network to take over from the British giant when it leaves sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for April 2026. The future entity will be supported at a technical level by the consultancy and audit firm during this transition.

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2025

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Armed group MPC on the verge of signing peace agreement with Bangui

Businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga's running tab with Bangui

Spotlight Touadéra turns to Abu Dhabi to pay for Africa Corps

Opposition leader Anicet-Georges Dologuélé calls on services of lawyer William Bourdon

MINUSCA's mandate renewal impacted by US reservations

Touadéra choses hit squad for third term

Final bargaining over Tamoil RCA assets

Libreville plays go-between with Bissau and Bangui to discuss ex-president's future

Touadéra sets sights on France-based diaspora ahead of elections

Caterpillar's Moroccan dealer eyes the Central African market

Faustin-Archange Touadéra invited to G20 Summit in Johannesburg

António Guterres looks for his new regional representative

India's ambitious €1.5bn agricultural project lost in limbo

Between boycott and participation, Central African opposition split over election strategy

EY's French-speaking partners gear up for next chapter

Air France confronted with headache of serving Bangui

Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to strengthen Bangui-Rome ties

Touadéra to make unexpected stop in Abu Dhabi before Casablanca

Guterres representative under internal investigation

Karim Meckassoua's nephew arrested after Yevgeny Prigozhin memorial service

Faustin-Archange Touadéra reluctant to visit Moscow

Moussa Faki up for possible position at Enko Capital

Spotlight UN may pull 4,000 peacekeepers as elections loom

Touadéra marshalling international support for Ambition 28 in Casablanca

Canadian firm set to audit problematic pricing structure for petroleum products

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The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Touadéra turns to Abu Dhabi to pay for Africa Corps

Spotlight
UN may pull 4,000 peacekeepers as elections loom