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Central African Republic
CAR government wages cold war against Minusca

Relations became very tense between head of the Minusca Mankeur Ndiaye and CAR president Faustin Archange Touadera. © @ndiayemankeur

Relations between the UN and the Central African government are abysmal. Shots fired by presidential guards at Egyptian peacekeepers on 1 November served to underline deep-seated tensions between the head of the UN mission, Mankeur Ndiaye, and President Faustin Archange Touadéra. [...]

Published on 01/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Arnaud Djoubaye Abazene
Denise Brown
Faustin Archange Touadera
Hassan Bouba
Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Mankeur Ndiaye
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Special Criminal Court
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Central African Republic
MINUSCA awaits appointment of new boss

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is preparing to appoint a Rwandan diplomat to replace Mankeur Ndiaye at the head of the UN mission in the Central African Republic.

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Mankeur Ndiaye, head of MINUSCA, with Rwandan diplomat Valentine Rugwabiza, who is expected to succeed him.

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UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

In office since 2019, the Senegalese diplomat Mankeur Ndiaye is not expected to return for a fourth year at the head of the UN mission in Central African Republic.

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MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

In a move eagerly awaited by President Touadéra, Tunisia, Senegal, Togo and Bhutan will send rapid reaction forces to the UN's peacekeeping mission in CAR in the first quarter of 2022. The sheer number of extra troops, to which Ghana has also pledged to add its own before the summer, is proving a logisitical challenge for MINUSCA.

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Sandra Boodhun, Touadéra's new ubiquitous adviser

Central African President Faustin Archange Touadéra's new Mauritian adviser Sandra Boodhun has been at his side on all his latest trips abroad, most recently in Dubai.

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CAR president Faustin Archange Touadéra (left) with his adviser Sandra Boodhun (centre)

Central African Republic
Security Council's tense talks on renewing MINUSCA mandate

The UN Security Council is renewing MINSUCA's mandate on Friday. The discussions began in October and have been strained, as Moscow has sought to ease the arms embargo on the Central African Republic. Relations between Bangui and the UN mission remain tense.

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