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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice

Central African livestock minister Hassan Bouba in February 2021.
Central African livestock minister Hassan Bouba in February 2021. © La France à Bangui/Twitter
By targeting one of the emblematic figures of the Central African Republic conflict - livestock minister and former rebel leader Hassan Bouba - the Bangui special criminal court has thrown a spanner into an already uneasy mix of peace deals, jittery financial backers and Russian mercenaries. [...] (988 words)
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President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera on September 17, 2021, in Bangui. © Barbara Debout/AFP
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Alexander Ivanov (centre, holding a document), representative of Wagner instructors in the Central African Republic, was received at the Central African National Assembly on 15 October 2021.
Alexander Ivanov (centre, holding a document), representative of Wagner instructors in the Central African Republic, was received at the Central African National Assembly on 15 October 2021. © Communauté des Officiers pour la Sécurité internationale (Cosi)/Twitter

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