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The Central African Republic (CAR) is resisting Russian pressure to replace the Wagner Group with the Kremlin’s newly formed Africa Corps, amid demands for cash payments rather than the mineral-for-security model that has long defined the partnership. According to senior officials in Bangui, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister made several visits this year urging CAR to […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced former Central African Republic (CAR) football chief Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to 12 years in prison for 28 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 2013–2014 civil war. His co-accused, former MP and militia commander Alfred “Rambo” Yekatom, received a 15-year sentence for 20 counts, […]
President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by CAR foreign minister Sylvie Baïpo-Temon to Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita at a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat. In a press statement following the meeting, Baïpo-Temon thanked Morocco for its support during her […]
Human rights advocates and local politicians in the Central African Republic (CAR) have accused Russia-backed mercenaries for being behind the disappearance of two soldiers, amid a mountain evidence pointing to crimes, including murder, torture, execution, abductions, rape, theft, that are credibly linked to Wagner forces and their successor entities. The two soldiers, ,Celestin Bakoyo and […]
The bloody civil war and looming famine in Sudan are pushing thousands of civilians to flee to neighboring Chad and Central African Republic (CAR), whereby the spillover of the conflict is complicating a security landscape in both latter countries, UN officials and experts warn. Activities of armed groups in the volatile CAR have increased as […]
Foreign minister of Central African Republic, Mrs. Sylvie Baïpo-Temon, has reiterated her country’s unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, describing the autonomy plan proposed by the Kingdom for the Sahara under its sovereignty as the “ONLY credible and realistic” solution for resolving this regional conflict in line with UN Charter. The top diplomat of the […]
The government of the Central African Republic accused Chinese mining company Daqing SARL of backing rebels and suspended its operations in the country. Daqing is a gold and diamond mining company operating in the Mingala area south of the country where the government is battling the Coalition of Patriots for Change. The CAR government issued […]
President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra has addressed a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by CAR Foreign Minister Sylvie Baïpo-Temon to her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita at a meeting in Rabat Monday. During a press briefing following the meeting, Baïpo-Temon praised “the excellent cooperation that the Kingdom […]
A United Nations-backed Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s exiled former president François Bozizé over alleged crimes against humanity committed by CAR’s military between 2009 and 2013. According to the CPS, a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African […]
The private military company Wagner has since Monday been tangled in fierce fighting in the village of Kéngué, in the sub-prefecture of Mingala, with Coalition des Patriotes pour le Changement [Coalition of Patriots for Change] (CPC), a rebel group opposed to the regime of Faustin Archange Touadera, local media ‘Corbeau News’ reports. The fighting has […]