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From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Rebel leaders Baba Laddé, Ali Darass and Hassan Bouba have proclaimed themselves defenders of the Fula, a community widely shunned within the region, in a strategy of self-defence that handily fits in with their own interests. [...] (2401 words)
Issue dated 30/05/2022 Reading time 10 minutes
Rebel leader Ali Darass, head of the Union pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC).
Rebel leader Ali Darass, head of the Union pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC). © Gaël Grilhot/AFP
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Diplomacy 24/12/2021

Moscow appoints new envoy as Wagner reorganises its mercenaries 

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is about to appoint a new ambassador to Bangui after six months of dithering. The Russian paramilitary group Wagner is meanwhile reorganising itself in the Central African Republic under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dimitri Utkin, who have both been in Bangui in recent months. [...]
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov with President Vladimir Putin.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov with President Vladimir Putin. © Sergei Chirikov/Pool/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Politics 02/12/2021

Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice 

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. [...]
Central African livestock minister Hassan Bouba in February 2021.
Central African livestock minister Hassan Bouba in February 2021. © La France à Bangui/Twitter

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