Central African Republic
Paris takes stock of EU military training mission

France has taken advantage of its turn to command the European Union Training Mission to order a wide-ranging audit of its performance. This is expected to result in the mission being completely reorganised or perhaps even being called off altogether. [...]
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EU plans to place troops trained by its military mission in CAR under Rwanda's supervision

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Central African Republic, Chad
Touadéra in a state of paranoia after Idriss Déby's death

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