Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. © Sarah Meyssonnier/POOL/EPA/MaxPPP and Marwan Ali/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
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. [...]
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