CAR

How the €10m in budgetary aid from Paris is being used

Of the €10m in budgetary aid granted to the CAR by France for 2025, €5m are still in an escrow account and will be used for the finance ministry's digitisation project, supported by Expertise France.

The New Guard
Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Tunisia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

EthiopiaMahlet Afework, the haute couture entrepreneur who's in fashion

Central African RepublicAnge-Gabriel Patassé, government's trusted commander

TunisiaWael Chouchane wants to reconnect Tunis with the EU

IMF gives go-ahead for third aid installment

Next month, the International Monetary Fund will announce the release of its third aid payment. It's a victory for Faustin-Archange Touadéra, who is struggling to stem an increasingly worrying economic situation.

Wagner sends 50 mercenaries to southeast to battle militiamen

Fierce battles have been raging for the past fortnight between Zande militiamen and the Central African Republic's army and their Wagner mercenary allies in the southeast of the country. The army is struggling to contain the conflict, despite the arrival of reinforcements.

Moscow sets conditions for its fuel deal

The Russian petroleum products that President Vladimir Putin has offered to sell to his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra will be distributed by a little-known company.

Wagner orchestrates Armel Sayo's return to Bangui

Nearly four months after his arrest in Cameroon, the rebel has been transferred to Bangui where he is now detained in Roux camp. His return is the result of an agreement between Cameroonian and Central African police.

Audit of BEAC's contentious recruitment process ready for regional ministers

The audit report on the recruitment process for the Bank of Central African States will be forwarded to the ministers of the Central African Monetary Union. It was launched to resolve the crisis that has been linked to suspected irregularities since 2022.

Ex-minister and rebel Armel Sayo sees entourage arrested

Armel Sayo, accused of wanting to overthrow Faustin-Archange Touadéra and detained in Cameroon, has had several members of his close entourage, including family, placed in custody over the past few months. The detainees have been transferred to different prisons in the capital.

AU pre-selection process for last two commissioners reopened

After shortlisting a candidate from Burundi, African foreign ministers have reopened the selection process for the last two commissioners of the pan-African organisation, who must come from the central African region.

The New Guard
Burundi, Sudan, Central African Republic

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

BurundiTabitha Mukamusoni, from Bujumbura to Canadian airwaves

SudanHauam Mohammed Bushra, guardian of civil society

Central African RepublicSouleymane Bi Hassan wants to put livestock farmers on the map

ECCAS countries seek investors in Houston

The promoters of the Central African Pipeline System will showcase their project at the Central Africa Business Energy Forum to be held on 8 May in Texas.

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.

MINUSCA pauses south-east patrols after peacekeeper's murder

After a Kenyan peacekeeper was shot dead by unidentified armed forces on 28 March, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic has taken the decision to stop patrolling the Haut-Mbomou region.

Bangui brings backers together around development plan

The Central African government will organise a roundtable in Washington DC on 24 April to secure funding for its 2024–2028 National Development Plan.