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Bolloré subsidiary ousted from Bangui port

Socatraf, a subsidiary of Bolloré, has lost its contract to manage river transport and the port of Bangui to a Lebanese company, Mercure Logistics. European diplomats suspect the Russian mercenary firm Wagner may have had a hand in this. [...] (283 words)

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Bolloré Africa Logistics
Bureau d'affrètement routier centrafricain
Dimitri Sityy
Faustin Archange Touadéra
François Bozizé
Group Trad
Mercure Logistics
Mouvement des cœurs unis
Sani Yalo
Société Centrafricaine des Transports Fluviaux
Vitali Perfilev
Wagner

NGOs and airlines struggle as Wagner monopolises dwindling kerosene stocks

Central African kerosene reserves have dwindled to almost nothing, and with the state having requisitioned what little remains, the UN and airlines have cancelled a raft of flights. Stocks of diesel and petrol are also starting to run low, though Bangui is expecting fresh supplies as of August. [...]

AA World Food Programme plane over Bangui in 2016.

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Politics 04/05/2022

Presidential party committee plans pro-Touadéra and anti-UN demos

In Bangui, every demonstration in support of President Touadéra or against the UN and France is organised in the premises of the presidency by a small group that includes presidential aides, senior members of the presidential party, and bosses of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. [...]

Supporters of Central African Republic President hold a banner during a demonstration to demand a change of the constitution on 29 April.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Politics 30/03/2022

The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

At the "national reconciliation dialogue" peace talks, which came to a close on 27 March in Bangui, the president's allies raised the idea of a constitutional change, which would allow the head of state to stand for a third term. [...]

CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Politics 09/02/2022

Touadéra chooses not to rock the boat with new PM Moloua

Prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra's dismissal was a victory for those members of the president's entourage who fought hard to see him go. But their triumph may be shortlived as his successor Félix Moloua has a very similar profile to that of his predecessor. [...]

New prime minister of Central African Republic, Félix Moloua.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Politics 01/02/2022

University of Bangui, a fount of key government players

Since coming to power in 2016, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has brought several people from the academic institution he once led into the very heart of his administration. [...]

The University of Bangui, recruitment pool for Touadéra's government.

The then Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Firmin Ngrebada (centre), salutes his troops as a Russian-made support helicopter flies overhead on the road between Boali and Bangui on 10 January 2021. © Florent Vergnes/AFP

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Business 26/07/2021

Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

As France downgrades its relations with the Central African Republic (CAR), which it sees as too much under Russian influence, the authorities there are exerting pressure on French companies still active in the country. [...]

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François Bozizé
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Mouvement des cœurs unis
Sani Yalo
Société Centrafricaine des Transports Fluviaux
Vitali Perfilev
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