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TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

The French oil major appears to have found a way out of the Central African Republic at last. The country's largest company is selling its assets to Tamoil, a Libyan company that is based in Europe.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders, Business 07.04.2023

Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners

Two weeks after the mysterious killing of nine Chinese miners in central CAR, a special Hainan Airlines flight called at Bangui-M'Poko International Airport to repatriate 80 Chinese nationals.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 05.04.2023

Spotlight
Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Currently living in exile in Dubai and under threat of being extradited to South Africa, where they are wanted on charges of embezzlement, the Guptas are seeking a safe haven in the centre of the continent. They have some contacts to call on from a short-lived attempt to do business in the region.

Subscribers only Business 31.03.2023

Dubai's silence over Gupta brothers' whereabouts causing panic in Pretoria

None of South Africa's recent attempts to make contact with the UAE regarding the Gupta brothers have been successful. South African authorities are no longer sure that the two businessmen are being held in Dubai and are concerned that they may be granted asylum in central Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.03.2023

A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

Last week's unclaimed deadly attack on a mining site run by Chinese citizens in Chimbolo has sent shockwaves through the Chinese community, which is very active in this sector. An economic intelligence firm is looking into the activities of armed groups in the area.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 28.03.2023

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

The World Bank's $4m aid package used to run GABAC, an anti-money laundering action group in Central Africa, will expire this year.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 27.03.2023

Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu wants to invest in gold in CAR. He met with President Faustin-Archange Touadera to discuss buying or building a foundry there.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 27.03.2023

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

The unprecedented holding of a vote to select the secretary-general of the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie reflects strong tensions between Aurore Bergé and her partners in France's ruling coalition.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 24.03.2023

Spotlight
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

The main foreign investors in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa are alarmed by the regional body's foreign exchange regulations, considering them to be too tough. But despite intense lobbying, a relaxation of the rules looks unlikely, the central bank having set itself ambitious objectives for foreign currency reserves.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Commodity traders 17.03.2023

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, governor of the Bank of Central African States, in Paris in 2018.

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

The Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby, aka Kaka, will pay an official visit to his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui this spring to signal the reconciliation between the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.03.2023

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

The AU and UN have yet to appoint a representative to help shed light on the repression that followed the 20 October protests in Chad in 2022 despite their pledges to do so to the authorities in N'Djamena.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.03.2023

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

The latest summit of the Economic Community of Central African States, held on 25 February, once again postponed the planned merger the bloc with two other regional entities.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.03.2023

In Focus
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

US intelligence agencies are closely following the activities of Sudan's deputy junta leader in Chad, the Central African Republic and in his own country. They suspect him of links to an alleged plot to topple Chad's interim president and are scrutinising his mining interests and dealings with Russian entities including the paramilitary firm Wagner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 06.03.2023

The vice president of the transition in Sudan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as 'Hemeti'.

Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

The US is currently engaged in advanced negotiations to convince CAR's president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to break with the Russian paramilitary armed group Wagner, and has offered to sponsor Bozizé's departure from Chad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.02.2023

Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

Gabonese head of state Ali Bongo, who will shortly take over ECCAS's rotating presidency, is keen to be involved in resolving the DRC-Rwanda crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2023

MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

The deployment of a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of Ivorian peacekeepers to boost the UN mission, MINUSCA, in the Central African Republic was first broached in 2021 but has not yet happened. The troops should however arrive by mid-2023.

Subscribers only Defence 14.02.2023

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

CAR's first crypto investors stuck on hold

Several buyers of Sangocoin, the cryptocurrency launched by Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, are still waiting for it to go live. But first, laws need to be changed so that they can receive their promised purchase dividends, such as CAR passports.

Subscribers only Business 07.02.2023

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.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.02.2023

Spotlight
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

The border region straddling Sudan, the Central African Republic and Chad has been the focus of intense manoeuvring in recent weeks. At stake is the control of the Vakaga gold mines and the expansion of the Wagner group, against a backdrop of high-level rivalry in Khartoum.

Free access Defence, Politics 26.01.2023

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

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TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners

Spotlight
Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Dubai's silence over Gupta brothers' whereabouts causing panic in Pretoria

A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Spotlight
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

In Focus
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

Funding shortfall could scupper local elections

CAR's first crypto investors stuck on hold

Touadéra's influence over presidential guard creates concern

Spotlight
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

Special adviser Sandra Boodhun turns to homeland Mauritius to build trade

Ground handling giant AHS loses its contract at Bangui M'Poko Airport

Armed Forces' Chief of Staff rebuffed by member of the presidential guard

Trouble in ranks of Touadéra's presidential guard

Wagner sends reinforcements to Bangui on military transport under new registration

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TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners

Spotlight Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Dubai's silence over Gupta brothers' whereabouts causing panic in Pretoria

A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Spotlight Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

In Focus CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

MINUSCA still waiting for Ivorian peacekeepers

Funding shortfall could scupper local elections

CAR's first crypto investors stuck on hold

Touadéra's influence over presidential guard creates concern

Spotlight Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

Special adviser Sandra Boodhun turns to homeland Mauritius to build trade

Ground handling giant AHS loses its contract at Bangui M'Poko Airport

Armed Forces' Chief of Staff rebuffed by member of the presidential guard

Trouble in ranks of Touadéra's presidential guard

Wagner sends reinforcements to Bangui on military transport under new registration

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Gabon
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
Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Spotlight
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

In Focus
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Spotlight
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay