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Mahamat Nour's mining hopes dashed

Just as he hoped to kick-start his operations, Mahamat Nour, managing director of Bureau d’achat de diamant en Centrafrique (Badica) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.09.2015

Remembering Bokassa

Marie-France Bokassa, the daughters of the late Central African Republic [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2015

New guard at US embassy

Joel Maybury, the number two of the US embassy in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2015

Angola’s Endiama puts lock on diamond trade

Hardly had the embargo on exports of gems from Central African Republic (CAR) been lifted on June 26, than Angola’s [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2015

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

The German government has put up €5 million towards a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2015

Diamond embargo soon to be lifted?

According to government sources in Central African Republic, an embargo [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.06.2015

Soldiers carve new careers in private sector

Private security outfits that specialise in protecting companies or strategic sites have been boosted by the crisis that has raged in Central African Republic since 2013.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2015

Interim govt. struggles to meet 2015 election promise

After its mandate was extended through to the end of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2015

French lend hand to interim government

An army of French experts and consultants are busy advising the interim president of Central African Republic and her ministers. West Africa takes a closer look at this unofficial cabinet.

Free access Politics 20.05.2015

Le Drian sticks to Sangaris withdrawal timetable

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has no intention of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Ghislain Gresenguet to probe French soldier rape allegations

A graduate of Bangui’s Ecole Nationale d’Administration et de Magistrature (ENAM) public administration and law school, attorney Ghislain Gresenguet has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2015

Le Drian intervenes in national reconciliation forum

France, which is concerned that the transition process in Central African Republic should not get bogged down, plans to make [...]

Subscribers only 16.04.2015

IMF on transitional government’s case

The transitional government in Bangui is coming under the close scrutiny of the IMF which is piling on the pressure for it to strengthen public financial management and governance.

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2015

EU to train CAR army

Following Jean-Yves le Drian’s complaints in Riga, Latvia, on February [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2015

The country’s future is being hammered out in Rome

The Community of Sant’Egidio, which is close to the Vatican and already has a reputation for carrying out delicate mediation [...]

Subscribers only 26.02.2015

Marie-Noelle Koyara, CSP security tsar

The Central African Republic’s new defence minister, Marie Noelle Koyara, got into the thick of things for the first time [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

UN orders Sassou to end Nairobi talks

The United Nations is not happy about the ceasefire agreement reached between the former Séléka and anti-Balaka militias on January [...]

Subscribers only 12.02.2015

MINUSCA boosts CAR local economy

The Central African Republic's teetering economy has had a reprieve, thanks in part to business generated by the UN military presence.

Subscribers only Business 04.02.2015

Samba Panza succession line-up

Despite the continued instability in Central African Republic there is no shortage of candidates to succeed interim president Catherine Samba Panza.

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2015

Pierre Gillet appointed to head Sangaris

Brigadier General Pierre Gillet has been appointed to head France’s [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

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Sangaris: too-rapid withdrawal poses risks

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s announcement earlier this month that the French Sangaris force would gradually withdraw from Central African Republic (CAR) is an indication of the budgetary pressures on French external operations, or ‘OPEX’ particularly in Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2014

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CAR

Mahamat Nour's mining hopes dashed

Remembering Bokassa

New guard at US embassy

Angola’s Endiama puts lock on diamond trade

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

Diamond embargo soon to be lifted?

Soldiers carve new careers in private sector

Interim govt. struggles to meet 2015 election promise

French lend hand to interim government

Le Drian sticks to Sangaris withdrawal timetable

Ghislain Gresenguet to probe French soldier rape allegations

Le Drian intervenes in national reconciliation forum

IMF on transitional government’s case

EU to train CAR army

The country’s future is being hammered out in Rome

Marie-Noelle Koyara, CSP security tsar

UN orders Sassou to end Nairobi talks

MINUSCA boosts CAR local economy

Samba Panza succession line-up

Pierre Gillet appointed to head Sangaris

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Sangaris: too-rapid withdrawal poses risks

CSP struggles to stabilise situation

Martin Ziguele picked to run for MLPC in 2015

Samba Panza’s busy daughter

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CAR

Mahamat Nour's mining hopes dashed

Remembering Bokassa

New guard at US embassy

Angola’s Endiama puts lock on diamond trade

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

Diamond embargo soon to be lifted?

Soldiers carve new careers in private sector

Interim govt. struggles to meet 2015 election promise

French lend hand to interim government

Le Drian sticks to Sangaris withdrawal timetable

Ghislain Gresenguet to probe French soldier rape allegations

Le Drian intervenes in national reconciliation forum

IMF on transitional government’s case

EU to train CAR army

The country’s future is being hammered out in Rome

Marie-Noelle Koyara, CSP security tsar

UN orders Sassou to end Nairobi talks

MINUSCA boosts CAR local economy

Samba Panza succession line-up

Pierre Gillet appointed to head Sangaris

Spotlight Sangaris: too-rapid withdrawal poses risks

CSP struggles to stabilise situation

Martin Ziguele picked to run for MLPC in 2015

Samba Panza’s busy daughter

Who broke the embargo?

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Spotlight
Sangaris: too-rapid withdrawal poses risks