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US picks new ambassador for Bangui

US President Joe Biden's pick of new ambassador to the Central African Republic, Christopher Lamora, is a human rights specialist close to the Democratic Party.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.05.2024

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Dimitri Sytyi stealthily rises to helm of Wagner in Bangui

Dimitry Sytyi surrounded by Central African deputies on the steps of the National Assembly in Bangui on 15 October 2021. © AFP

Subscribers only Defence, Politics Running Story - Russia-Ukraine war 23.05.2024

ITHS loses M'Poko airport concession

Aviation Handling Service Centrafrique is coming back to Bangui's international airport just a year after losing its contract. The authorities' dissatisfaction with International Technology Handling Services cleared the runway for its return.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 09.05.2024

Wave of arrests stirs up Bangui's PK5 Muslim district

Several self-defence group leaders, reintegrated into an infantry battalion, have been arrested in recent days in the capital by the Central African Republic army with the help of Russian paramilitaries.

Free access Defence, Politics 03.05.2024

Orange and telecoms minister at odds over digital banking reform

Orange's Central African Republic branch is in turmoil. The government, which instated a 1% tax on all digital transactions, accuses Orange of increasing its banking commissions without proper authorisation. Its finance director was questioned at the interior ministry last week.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 02.05.2024

Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Enguerrand Rochefort met the CAR president in Paris last week to discuss the problems his company faces in the Central African market.

Subscribers only Energy 25.04.2024

Faustin-Archange Touadéra to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris again

The Central African Republic president will hold talks with his French counterpart at the Elysée Palace in mid-April. They are expected to sign off on a roadmap for restoring bilateral relations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2024

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra at the Élysée Palace in Paris, on 22 June 2023.

Civipol demotes country director in midst of EU negotiations

The CAR office of France's technical cooperation mission is going through a rough patch just as it is renegotiating one of its most important contracts with the EU.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2024

US to build much larger embassy in Bangui

The US State Department's call for tenders for the construction of a new embassy in Bangui closed on 28 March. Plans for the 33,000m2 building include secure offices, staff accommodation, a leisure centre and a helicopter pad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.04.2024

Germany's LS Telcom seeks to set up in Bangui

The German company's Paris-based subsidiary is interested in an international call for tenders issued as part of a programme to improve the Central African government's IT systems.

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2024

Inner Circle
Évariste Ngamana, the president's favourite fixer

The first deputy speaker of parliament has a network of MPs on which his power rests. But he also works with the Russians and Rwandans, and is trying to create broader ties within CEMAC.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 15.03.2024

Évariste Ngamana, first deputy speaker of parliament, speaks on 28 July 2023 at the last campaign rally in Bangui before the constitutional referendum.

Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

The Paris-based investment bank is struggling to revive TotalEnergies' former subsidiary in the Central African Republic. The energy ministry has decided to go with a single fuel supplier, Cameroon's Neptune Oil, to the detriment of the distributor's margins.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.03.2024

Baraldi Mines Centrafrique wins arbitration case against the government

The Central African Republic has been ordered by the International Arbitration Chamber of Paris to pay the Italian company €676,350 to compensate for its revocation of two mining exploration permits in 2021.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 04.03.2024

Touadéra entrusts training of his new Rapid Intervention Battalion to Rwandan soldiers

Like Cameroon, the Central African Republic has established a Rapid Intervention Battalion, comprising 500 troops, mostly trained by the Rwandan army.

Subscribers only Defence 27.02.2024

US and Russia clash at UN Security Council over Bangui's overflight ban

The meeting that followed the UN Security Council presentation of MINUSCA's most recent situation report on the Central African Republic revealed tensions concerning the overflight ban imposed by the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 26.02.2024

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Burhan and Touadéra seek rapprochement under Algiers' watchful eye

Discreet contacts have been made in recent weeks between the entourage of the CAR president and the head of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council, who are hoping to overcome the remaining obstacles and meet soon.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 16.02.2024

Central African president Faustin-Archange Touadéra and General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese transition.

PM lashes out at energy minister Piri

Félix Mouloua has expressed his dissatisfaction over the World Bank's cancellation of a payment for an energy project overseen by Arthur Bertrand Piri. The money is now definitively lost.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 15.02.2024

First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

An employee of the private US security company was briefly arrested and interrogated by the police, with the involvement of Russian paramilitaries, in the Central African capital.

Subscribers only Defence 09.02.2024

US citizens still being turned back at Bangui airport

The US embassy in Bangui appears impotent in the face of a spate of US citizens being denied entry upon arrival at the CAR capital's airport.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 31.01.2024

MPs plot to oust speaker of parliament Sarandji

Some thirty MPs have called for the removal of ‘SMS' - a development welcomed by his main rival for the post of speaker, Evariste Ngamana.

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2024

China's Shanxi set to bag contract to renovate Bangui airport

As Shanxi Construction waits to hear if it has won the contract to renovate Bangui-M'Poko airport, President Touadéra is trying to get funding to build a rival airport near the capital.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 25.01.2024

Wagner prioritises provinces over Bangui

As the US private military company Bancroft makes inroads in CAR, the Russian paramilitary outfit is consolidating its presence outside the capital.

Free access Defence, Mining 19.01.2024

Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

This year could see the largest airline in Central Africa start a regular service to Bangui for the first time, but that still depends on the Bangui-M'Poko International Airport meeting the required standards.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2024

African Parks converts Chinko nature reserve to carbon credits

The South African conservation giant recently obtained certification to sell carbon credits backed by the reserve.

Subscribers only Business 09.01.2024

In Focus
Between Wagner and Bancroft, Touadéra's tricky security situation

In the hope of reducing Moscow's influence, Faustin-Archange Touadéra is seeking to renew ties with Western partners. This delicate diplomatic shift has resulted in an agreement with the US private military company Bancroft, the details of which Africa Intelligence can now reveal.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining, Diplomacy 08.01.2024

Illustrated by Julien Pacaud, with AFP and Reuters

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US picks new ambassador for Bangui

Spotlight
Dimitri Sytyi stealthily rises to helm of Wagner in Bangui

ITHS loses M'Poko airport concession

Wave of arrests stirs up Bangui's PK5 Muslim district

Orange and telecoms minister at odds over digital banking reform

Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Faustin-Archange Touadéra to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris again

Civipol demotes country director in midst of EU negotiations

US to build much larger embassy in Bangui

Germany's LS Telcom seeks to set up in Bangui

Inner Circle
Évariste Ngamana, the president's favourite fixer

Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

Baraldi Mines Centrafrique wins arbitration case against the government

Touadéra entrusts training of his new Rapid Intervention Battalion to Rwandan soldiers

US and Russia clash at UN Security Council over Bangui's overflight ban

Spotlight
Burhan and Touadéra seek rapprochement under Algiers' watchful eye

PM lashes out at energy minister Piri

First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

US citizens still being turned back at Bangui airport

MPs plot to oust speaker of parliament Sarandji

China's Shanxi set to bag contract to renovate Bangui airport

Wagner prioritises provinces over Bangui

Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

African Parks converts Chinko nature reserve to carbon credits

In Focus
Between Wagner and Bancroft, Touadéra's tricky security situation

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US picks new ambassador for Bangui

Spotlight Dimitri Sytyi stealthily rises to helm of Wagner in Bangui

ITHS loses M'Poko airport concession

Wave of arrests stirs up Bangui's PK5 Muslim district

Orange and telecoms minister at odds over digital banking reform

Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Faustin-Archange Touadéra to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris again

Civipol demotes country director in midst of EU negotiations

US to build much larger embassy in Bangui

Germany's LS Telcom seeks to set up in Bangui

Inner Circle Évariste Ngamana, the president's favourite fixer

Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

Baraldi Mines Centrafrique wins arbitration case against the government

Touadéra entrusts training of his new Rapid Intervention Battalion to Rwandan soldiers

US and Russia clash at UN Security Council over Bangui's overflight ban

Spotlight Burhan and Touadéra seek rapprochement under Algiers' watchful eye

PM lashes out at energy minister Piri

First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

US citizens still being turned back at Bangui airport

MPs plot to oust speaker of parliament Sarandji

China's Shanxi set to bag contract to renovate Bangui airport

Wagner prioritises provinces over Bangui

Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

African Parks converts Chinko nature reserve to carbon credits

In Focus Between Wagner and Bancroft, Touadéra's tricky security situation

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Spotlight
Dimitri Sytyi stealthily rises to helm of Wagner in Bangui

Inner Circle
Évariste Ngamana, the president's favourite fixer

Spotlight
Burhan and Touadéra seek rapprochement under Algiers' watchful eye

In Focus
Between Wagner and Bancroft, Touadéra's tricky security situation