Spotlight | Central African Republic
Olympics-bound sports minister hit by death threat allegations

Central African Republic
President Touadéra refuses red card for national football team

Sports minister, Héritier Doneng, has proposed banning the Central African national team from playing in international competitions.

Central African Republic
Sports Minister Doneng loses power struggle with football federation

Héritier Doneng, who is close to Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, pulled a media stunt by trying to impose Rigobert Song as the national football team coach. But he was forced to back down after the country's soccer federation and FIFA opposed the move.

Central African Republic
Environment minister Kamach to kick off Touadéra's election campaign

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra is expected to be nominated at the MOUNI congress on 28 December as the movement's candidate for the 2025-2026 presidential election.

Central African Republic
Foreign diamond dealers finally free after costly ordeal

Two Franco-Algerian nationals who were detained in June were released from prison last month. They claim to have lost several million dollars.

Central African Republic
Bangui takes aim at opposition figure who pressed charges in France for 'assassination attempt'

Opposition figure Jean-François Akandji-Kombé, who filed a complaint against CAR Sports Minister Rodolphe Héritier Doneng in mid-July for an alleged assassination attempt in France, now finds himself in the firing line.

Senegal
Diomaye Faye to be special guest at Paris Olympics

The Senegalese president will also take part in a summit on sport co-organised by the Élysée and the IOC the day before.

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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Central African Republic
CAR's first crypto investors stuck on hold

Several buyers of Sangocoin, the cryptocurrency launched by Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, are still waiting for it to go live. But first, laws need to be changed so that they can receive their promised purchase dividends, such as CAR passports.

Central African Republic
President's security chief takes charge of Olympic committee

The head of presidential security in CAR, Alfred Service, has taken over the country's national Olympic committee with the backing of Rodolphe Héritier Doneng at the sports ministry. Both men have ties with Les Requins, a shadowy group accused by the UN of illegal operations.