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Gabon to borrow $52m from U.S.-based Santander bank to buy payload military carrier

Gabon is set to apply for a $52 million loan from Boston-based Santander bank to place order for a C295 military carrier from European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus. The aircraft will beef up the operation capacities of the air forces, local media “Gabon Review” reports. C295, according to experts, is a new-generation tactical airlifter in […]

Burundi: stockbroker Jackon Simbananiye assassinated a week before presidential election

Burundi’s biggest stockbroker, Jackon Simbananiye, better known as Kirahwata, was assassinated less than a week before presidential elections. Jackon Simbananiye was abducted Wednesday evening as he was coming out of a sauna in Bujumbura and his body, still bearing marks and a rope around his neck, was found Thursday morning, May 14, lying in a […]

Wagner mercenaries arrive in CAR ahead of new constitution referendum

Dozens of fighters from Russia’s Wagner mercenary group have reportedly arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR) ahead of a constitutional referendum due on July 30 that could abolish the term limits and allow the current president, Faustin-Archange Touadera, to seek another term in 2025. A short-lived mutiny in Russia in June, led by the […]