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Wagner takes on local hires

For several months, the Russian paramilitary group has been recruiting and training veterans of the Anti-Balaka and Seleka militias in the hinterland.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 12.04.2022

CAR tax authorities target NGOs

The Central African Republic government's search for fresh sources of cash has prompted prime minister Félix Moloua to focus on locally-based international non-governmental organisations as they represent a cornerstone of the country's economy.

Subscribers only Politics 05.04.2022

The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra. © Spencer Platt/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Politics 30.03.2022

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

Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

Armed group leader Maxime Mokom's arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court by the Chadian intelligence service is a serious blow to the Angola-led peace process, which Angola looks set to take a back seat in from now on.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.03.2022

EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

The European Union has not ruled out resuming financial support for Central African Republic. An EU delegation was in Bangui last week to discuss how it might resume the payment of budgetary support, estimated at €30m.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.03.2022

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

Swiss trader Trafigura, which is increasing its supply agreements in the DRC and Zambia, is keen to trump its competitors by having a copper transport route to Angola. Together with Mota-Engil and Vecturis, it has responded to the call for tenders to manage the rail corridor between Kolwezi and Lobito.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 09.03.2022

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

The institution headed by former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo has set its 2022 spending programme at 94bn CFA francs. This looks like an increase on the previous year but, in fact, the failure of member states to pay their contributions will lead to a drastic reduction in its operating costs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2022

The extraordinary meeting was called by CEMAC chairman, former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo.

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 03.03.2022

Luanda keen for MINUSCA role

While Rwandan Valentine Rugwabiza has just been appointed head of the UN mission in CAR (MINUSCA), replacing the Senegalese diplomat Mankeur Ndiaye, another position within the UN operation has also attracted interest in recent weeks: that of Force Commander.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.03.2022

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2022

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 24.02.2022

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2022

Ex-Ecolog staffer Gordana Chuchurska continues to work for MINUSCA through United Development

Thanks to the extensive contacts network of its managing director Gordana Chuchurska, young Dubai logistics company United Development FZE has just won its first substantial contract from the United Nations.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.02.2022

In Focus
Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

The decision was as sudden as it was shrouded in mystery: on 15 September, four months before Gabon joined the Security Council, the UN told Gabonese peacekeepers deployed in the Central African Republic to leave the country, citing cases of sexual abuse.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.02.2022

The Gabonese contingent of the Minusca in 2019.

MINUSCA awaits appointment of new boss

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is preparing to appoint a Rwandan diplomat to replace Mankeur Ndiaye at the head of the UN mission in the Central African Republic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.02.2022

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

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.

Touadéra chooses not to rock the boat with new PM Moloua

Prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra's dismissal was a victory for those members of the president's entourage who fought hard to see him go. But their triumph may be shortlived as his successor Félix Moloua has a very similar profile to that of his predecessor.

Subscribers only Politics 09.02.2022

New prime minister of Central African Republic, Félix Moloua.

United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

In Mali, as in the Central African Republic, UN peacekeeping missions are increasingly reaching out to private contractors to hire drones to boost their intelligence capabilities, in a move backed at the highest level in New York.

Free access Defence, Business 08.02.2022

The new head of the MINUSMA forces Lieutenant General Cornelis Johannes Matthijssen.

Caught in a crossfire between Wagner and creditors, PM Dondra presents his resignation

Breaking news published 04/02/22 at 19:35 - Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra has presented his resignation to President Faustin Archange Touadéra, who is expected to respond upon his return from Addis Ababa where he is attending the African Union summit.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2022

Central African Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra submitted his resignation in early February 2022.

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Amélia Lakrafi, La République en Marche! (LREM) MP for the 10th constituency of French people abroad, is currently on a tour of Central Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2022

University of Bangui, a fount of key government players

Since coming to power in 2016, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has brought several people from the academic institution he once led into the very heart of his administration.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2022

The University of Bangui, recruitment pool for Touadéra's government.

UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

In office since 2019, the Senegalese diplomat Mankeur Ndiaye is not expected to return for a fourth year at the head of the UN mission in Central African Republic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.01.2022

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

The head of state of Central African Republic (CAR) recently began using jets operated by Angolan company Bestfly, which has seen its clientele of West African leaders grow fast in line with regional diplomatic activity.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.01.2022

MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

In a move eagerly awaited by President Touadéra, Tunisia, Senegal, Togo and Bhutan will send rapid reaction forces to the UN's peacekeeping mission in CAR in the first quarter of 2022. The sheer number of extra troops, to which Ghana has also pledged to add its own before the summer, is proving a logisitical challenge for MINUSCA.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.01.2022

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Wagner takes on local hires

CAR tax authorities target NGOs

The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

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

Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Luanda keen for MINUSCA role

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

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Touadéra chooses not to rock the boat with new PM Moloua

United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

Caught in a crossfire between Wagner and creditors, PM Dondra presents his resignation

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University of Bangui, a fount of key government players

UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

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CAR

Wagner takes on local hires

CAR tax authorities target NGOs

The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

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

Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Luanda keen for MINUSCA role

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

Ex-Ecolog staffer Gordana Chuchurska continues to work for MINUSCA through United Development

In Focus Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

MINUSCA awaits appointment of new boss

Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

Touadéra chooses not to rock the boat with new PM Moloua

United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

Caught in a crossfire between Wagner and creditors, PM Dondra presents his resignation

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

University of Bangui, a fount of key government players

UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

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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

In Focus
Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals