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Diplomacy 22/05/2023

Behind the scenes of former French soldier's evacuation

Juan Rémy Quignolot, a former French Foreign Legion soldier accused of espionage by the Central African Republic and arrested in May 2021, was evacuated to Libreville on 18 May and arrived in France on 21 May. His release had been the subject of intense, secret negotiations between Paris and Bangui since March, with help from the Gabonese intelligence services.

Finance Energy 18/05/2023

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Washington has stepped up its efforts to prevent US oil companies from being obliged to repatriate their rehabilitation funds to the CEMAC zone.

Diplomacy 17/05/2023

Gupta brothers play honorary consul for Touadera

The Gupta brothers, Atul and Rajesh who wants to demonstrate the range of their connections to President Faustin-Archange Touade, organised a meeting for him with an Indian investor presenting himself as a vice president of India's Bharatiya Janata Party.

Finance Diplomacy 01/05/2023

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

The executive organ of the Central African bloc is being lead ad interim by Gabon's Daniel Ona Ondo, even though Baltasar Engonga Edjo of Equatorial Guinea was appointed to the post over a month ago. Consequently, CEMAC's ability to get down to important business is compromised.

Defence 28/04/2023

Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

The US and French intelligence services believe the Russian paramilitary group has sent light weapons and anti-aircraft guns from the Central African Republic to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces.

Sudan: the generals waging war

Diplomacy 28/04/2023

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Soldiers of the East African Community (EAC) regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo. © Alain Uaykani / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Infrastructure Finance 26/04/2023

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

The World Bank is delaying its disbursement of some $400m for major road works projects in the DR Congo until Kinshasa files a "resettlement action plan" for the population that the construction works will impact.

Defence Business 24/04/2023

Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

The US is set to finance a programme to build mobile military camps for the Central African Republic army. The $10m contract is expected to be awarded to the French company Itaresam.

Business 21/04/2023

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

The mining services firm remains at the heart of a protracted legal dispute between the French entrepreneur and the former governor of Katanga. The battle has recently swung in Beveraggi's favour and he is now recovering funds from Ecobank and Gécamines.

Business 20/04/2023

Cargo airline Astral Aviation makes beeline for Bangui

Its rivals having set their sights elsewhere, Astral Aviation now has a near-monopoly over air cargo in CAR. The timing is right, as many private firms and public authorities are avoiding the road corridor between Douala, Garoua-Boulay and Bangui.

Business 12/04/2023

Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

Long-time contractor Ecolog is facing competition from Gulf Catering Services to supply the UN's mission in the Central African Republic. The tender was issued in June, but New York has put off making a decision.

A United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) soldier on patrol near Bangui, 23 January 2021.

Energy Commodity traders Business 07/04/2023

TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

The French oil major appears to have found a way out of the Central African Republic at last. The country's largest company is selling its assets to Tamoil, a Libyan company that is based in Europe.

Business Diplomacy 05/04/2023

Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners

Two weeks after the mysterious killing of nine Chinese miners in central CAR, a special Hainan Airlines flight called at Bangui-M'Poko International Airport to repatriate 80 Chinese nationals.

SpotlightBusiness 31/03/2023

Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Currently living in exile in Dubai and under threat of being extradited to South Africa, where they are wanted on charges of embezzlement, the Guptas are seeking a safe haven in the centre of the continent.

Diplomacy 31/03/2023

Dubai's silence over Gupta brothers' whereabouts causing panic in Pretoria

None of South Africa's recent attempts to make contact with the UAE regarding the Gupta brothers have been successful. South African authorities are no longer sure that the two businessmen are being held in Dubai and are concerned that they may be granted asylum in central Africa.

Mining Business 28/03/2023

A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

Last week's unclaimed deadly attack on a mining site run by Chinese citizens in Chimbolo has sent shockwaves through the Chinese community, which is very active in this sector. An economic intelligence firm is looking into the activities of armed groups in the area.

Finance Diplomacy 27/03/2023

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

The World Bank's $4m aid package used to run GABAC, an anti-money laundering action group in Central Africa, will expire this year.

Mining Business 27/03/2023

Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu wants to invest in gold in CAR. He met with President Faustin-Archange Touadera to discuss buying or building a foundry there.

Politics Diplomacy 24/03/2023

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

The unprecedented holding of a vote to select the secretary-general of the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie reflects strong tensions between Aurore Bergé and her partners in France's ruling coalition.

SpotlightEnergy Mining Commodity traders 17/03/2023

Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

The main foreign investors in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa are alarmed by the regional body's foreign exchange regulations, considering them to be too tough. But despite intense lobbying, a relaxation of the rules looks unlikely, the central bank having set itself ambitious objectives for foreign currency reserves.

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, governor of the Bank of Central African States, in Paris in 2018.

Diplomacy 17/03/2023

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

The Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby, aka Kaka, will pay an official visit to his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui this spring to signal the reconciliation between the two countries.

Diplomacy 13/03/2023

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

The AU and UN have yet to appoint a representative to help shed light on the repression that followed the 20 October protests in Chad in 2022 despite their pledges to do so to the authorities in N'Djamena.

Diplomacy 07/03/2023

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

The latest summit of the Economic Community of Central African States, held on 25 February, once again postponed the planned merger the bloc with two other regional entities.

In Focus Defence Diplomacy 06/03/2023

CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

US intelligence agencies are closely following the activities of Sudan's deputy junta leader in Chad, the Central African Republic and in his own country. They suspect him of links to an alleged plot to topple Chad's interim president and are scrutinising his mining interests and dealings with Russian entities including the paramilitary firm Wagner.

The vice president of the transition in Sudan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as 'Hemeti'.

Diplomacy 22/02/2023

Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

The US is currently engaged in advanced negotiations to convince CAR's president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to break with the Russian paramilitary armed group Wagner, and has offered to sponsor Bozizé's departure from Chad.

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Behind the scenes of former French soldier's evacuation

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Gupta brothers play honorary consul for Touadera

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

Cargo airline Astral Aviation makes beeline for Bangui

Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners

Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Dubai's silence over Gupta brothers' whereabouts causing panic in Pretoria

A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

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Behind the scenes of former French soldier's evacuation

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Gupta brothers play honorary consul for Touadera

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

Cargo airline Astral Aviation makes beeline for Bangui

Two UAE firms vie for MINUSCA catering contract

TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Beijing evacuates 80 Chinese nationals following killing of nine miners

Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Dubai's silence over Gupta brothers' whereabouts causing panic in Pretoria

A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

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