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Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin has for the first time acknowledged he is “proud” of founding Wagner Group, a private military company, in 2014, staffed by veterans of the country’s armed forces. After previously denying ownership and suing journalists for reporting it, this was Prigozhin’s first public confirmation that he was the man behind the mercenary […]
Disruptions in food supplies caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine have deepened the struggles of millions of Africans to survive, more than 60 farmers’ associations from 11 Central African countries have warned. Calling on the region’s governments to help people cope with food shortages, the farmers say scarcity, high prices and a worsening economic situation […]
Despite rising interest all across the continent, trade in cryptocurrencies remains banned — in part due to concern about soaring losses arising from crypto scams — by most African governments save for the Central African Republic (CAR). The latest Chainalysis report indicates that losses arising from cryptocurrency scams rose by 60% in the first seven […]
Cameroon has sealed at least 30 gold mines, including some owned by Chinese companies, after more than 33 young miners died in landslides this month and scores more were declared missing. On Monday (22 August), the local government deployed several hundred troops to seal at least 30 gold mines in Kambele, a village in Batouri […]
Government forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) are training militias and working with private military companies behind possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a fresh UN report. The paper published by the United Nations Human Rights Office and its Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) detailed a massacre that took […]
In the framework of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, a meeting and debate was held at the Hotel Montrbrillant-Cornavin, Geneva, on 14 June 2022, on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in Conflict Zones: Situation of Child Soldiers. This meeting was jointly organized at the initiative of Rencontre […]
Two members of the Moroccan blue helmets of the MINUSCA mission died in the Central African Republic, the UN mission announced on Twitter, without disclosing their identity. The two Moroccan blue helmets, who were part of the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, died on June 12 in Bangassou in the east of the […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has greenlighted the deployment of 450 soldiers for United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) embroiled in several years of political crisis. The contingent will support disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation operations and contribute to monitoring respect for human rights within the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional […]
Tunisia has sent 125 military forces to join UN peace keeping efforts in Central African Republic (CAR), a country dogged by violence. President Kais Saied green-lighted the Tunisian mission made of troops from the military aviation. The Tunisian troops, to join the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (known by its French […]
Morocco reiterated its commitment to supporting stability in the Central African Republic where it has been contributing to UN peace efforts. Morocco has 762 blue helmets on the ground as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Beside peace efforts, Morocco has extended a helping hand to CAR which […]