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Transition spells opportunity for Russia in N'Djamena

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Security, Moscow's way into Africa

Russia's influence on the continent is spreading in step with rising instability in many African countries and tensions between France and many of its former colonies. This trend is bolstered by the presence of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group close to Vladimir Putin. Its mercenaries have intervened in Libya and Mozambique and are now offering their services in West and Central Africa. Driven by the Kremlin, Russia's security breakthrough in Africa is also backed by the defence ministry, serving Moscow's geopolitical interests, and paving the way for Russia to move into other fields on the continent. [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit. © Bai Xueqi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

On top of its involvement in Libya and the Central African Republic, Russia could be tempted to muscle in on the Chadian scene via the transition, a prospect that worries France given the anti-French messages that have cropped up in recent protests in the capital. [...] (1165 words)

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CHAD
Aimons notre Afrique
Coalition des patriotes pour le changement
Faustin Archange Touadéra
François Tombalbaye
Front pour l'alternance et la concorde au Tchad
Idriss Déby
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Mahamat Mahdi Ali
Mikhail Bogdanov
Saad Buewena
Succès Masra
Transformateurs&nbsp
Transitional Military Council
Vladimir Titorenko
Vsevolod Tkatchenko
Wagner
Wakit-Tama

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Zeyad Alzarzour Khalifa, the all-powerful boss of the Plaza Ledger hotel, was in mid-September unceremoniously booted out of his job. The move opens the door to Libya's sovereign wealth fund taking back control of the luxury hotel, and it could end years of bad blood between Tripoli and Bangui. [...]

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Putin's top Africa adviser Bogdanov in Nice to talk African investments

Mikhail Bogdanov, Vladimir Putin's special representative for Africa and the Middle East, will be in Nice for an economic forum on Africa organised by the Institut Choiseul. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Diplomacy 12/07/2021

Weapons embargo sparks tension within UN Security Council

The UN Security Council intends to extend the weapons embargo against the CAR at the end of this month. While France, the UK,and the US are in favour of extending, Russia is threatening to use its veto power. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICA Diplomacy 09/07/2021

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

The Russian foreign ministry cherishes its relations with the International Civil Defence Organisation, whose member states are due to gather in Abidjan in October. [...]

CHAD Energy 28/05/2021

After Déby's death, DoJ goes after his ex-ambassador to US

The US authorities have indicated their intention of arresting Chadian diplomat Mahamoud Adam Bechir, who is accused of taking money from Griffiths Energy to help it acquire blocks in 2011. [...]

Mahamoud Adam Bechir (centre) attending a ceremony to present credentials to the Russian president at the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Son of the late Chadian president Idriss Deby, General Mahamat Idriss Deby. © Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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CHAD Politics 07/05/2021

New masters of N'Djamena seek support against rebel threat

The Transitional Military Council, in power since the death of Idriss Deby, is worried about several Chadian rebel groups active in the Fezzan region of southern Libya. Chad is urgently trying to boost its firepower and wants help from Libya and Niger. [...]

CHAD LIBYA Defence Politics 26/04/2021

Dabaiba and Haftar focus on Fezzan post-Déby

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Presidential Council Vice-President Musa Koni are competing to control Libya's far south after the FACT rebel attack and the death of Chadian President Idriss Déby. The PM is pro-Turkish, while Koni is close to Khalifa Haftar. [...]

The Sharara oil field, near the town of Ubar. Wagner has a detachment located three kilometers away from this strategic production asset, held by militias that have pledged allegiance to Haftar. © REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

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LIBYA RUSSIA Defence Diplomacy 20/08/2020

Russian paramilitary group Wagner expands southern Libyan presence

Since the beginning of July, Wagner Group personnel have been beefing up Russia's presence in southwestern Libya, a few kilometres from oil fields held by militias affiliated with General Khalifa Haftar. [...]

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CHAD LIBYA SAHEL Politics 25/06/2020

Libya's Chadian legion to return home and wreak havoc?

Over the last fortnight the Chadian government has been following with concern the situation in neighbouring Libya, where the military setbacks of General Haftar could leave hundreds of Chadian rebels at a loose end and capable of posing a threat to N'Djamena. [...]

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Faustin Archange Touadéra
François Tombalbaye
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Idriss Déby
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
Mahamat Mahdi Ali
Mikhail Bogdanov
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