Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Central African Republic
Touadéra's party heads to Paris to drum up support for looming presidential election

The president, who is running for a third term, has sent First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Évariste Ngamana to Paris for one week, starting on 8 December.

Central African Republic
Bangui strikes mining deal with Canadian group CVMR

In the run-up to the presidential election, the government has signed an agreement with a mining giant. The company has its sights set on uranium, coltan, copper, gold and nickel in the country.

Central African Republic
UN attempts to defuse situation between Touadéra and opposition

With a candidate president on one side and wary opponents on the other, the UN has found itself at the heart of political rivalries in Bangui. Jean-Pierre Lacroix held a series of consultations during a visit to the country, ahead of an increasingly contested presidential election.

Central African Republic
Ex-president François Bozizé gets involved in presidential campaign

The former head of state has instructed his party's office to back one of the candidates in the presidential election, against the incumbent Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

Central African Republic
Academics rally behind Touadéra

The president has maintained close ties with the University of Bangui, where he was rector and taught mathematics. Several professors are preparing to campaign for him, but not without ulterior motives.

Central African Republic
Opposition candidate Dologuélé rallying support for presidential election

Faustin-Archange Touadéra's opponent has been rejected by several leaders of the main opposition platform, the BRDC, which continues to boycott the election. He is now turning to another figure in the Central African political scene.

Central African Republic
Armed group MPC on the verge of signing peace agreement with Bangui

Mahamat al-Khatim's movement, active on the Chad-Central African Republic border, must agree with the government on its return to the disarmament, demobilisation, reintegration and repatriation process.

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga's running tab with Bangui

The Cameroonian media tycoon, who has been imprisoned in Yaoundé since March 2023, still refuses to pay his arrears to the Central African High Council for Communication.

Central African Republic
Opposition leader Anicet-Georges Dologuélé calls on services of lawyer William Bourdon

Faustin-Archange Touadéra's opponent, who is in a tricky legal situation, quietly contacted in late October a Paris-based criminal lawyer. The presidential bid of the head of the Union pour le Renouveau Centrafricain party remains fraught with uncertainty.

Central African Republic
Final bargaining over Tamoil RCA assets

Under mounting legal and financial strain, Rochefort International's Central African subsidiary is moving to liquidate what remains of its fuel network — as discreet negotiations and rival claims swirl around the carcass of a once-dominant operator.

Central African Republic, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau
Libreville plays go-between with Bissau and Bangui to discuss ex-president's future

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brought together his Central African and Guinea-Bissau counterparts in the Gabonese capital on 16 October to consider the fate of former president François Bozizé, who is in exile in Guinea-Bissau.

Central African Republic, South Africa
Faustin-Archange Touadéra invited to G20 Summit in Johannesburg

With close ties to Pretoria, the Central African Republic president has been invited by Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the summit of the 20 biggest world powers, to be held in Johannesburg in late November.

Central African Republic
India's ambitious €1.5bn agricultural project lost in limbo

In April, Bangui and T. Rajkumar, head of Indian group Mahasakthi, signed a memorandum of understanding providing for over 984bn CFA francs (€1.5bn) of investment in sugar cane and cassava. No progress has been made since then.

Palace Intrigues
Felix Tshisekedi, Faustin-Archange Touadera, Narendra Modi

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCFélix Tshisekedi's low-key Brussels trip

Central African RepublicTouadéra on the starting blocks of his presidential campaign

South AfricaRussian embassy and Indian high commission censor writer critical of Narendra Modi