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Central African Republic
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. [...]

Published on 26/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Anicet-Georges Dologuele
Antonio Guterres
Faustin Archange Touadera
Francois Bozize
Macky Sall
Mankeur Ndiaye
Minusca
Wagner

Central African Republic, France
Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

The arrest of four French soldiers on 21 February has raised tensions between Bangui and Paris. The French foreign ministry has sent several messages to the president's office in CAR calling for their release and on 22 February it suspended the delivery of all new visas for France.

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Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

The decision was as sudden as it was shrouded in mystery: on 15 September, four months before Gabon joined the Security Council, the UN told Gabonese peacekeepers deployed in the Central African Republic to leave the country, citing cases of sexual abuse.

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The Gabonese contingent of the Minusca in 2019.

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.

Central African Republic
CAR government wages cold war against Minusca

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.

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

Central African Republic
Bangui's high-stakes gamble with rebel groups

At Luanda's instigation, several heads of the armed groups that last year joined a rebel coalition recently signed an initial deal with the government. But Bangui suspects two holdouts of rapidly rearming via neighbouring states.

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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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Anicet-Georges Dologuele
Antonio Guterres
Faustin Archange Touadera
Francois Bozize
Macky Sall
Mankeur Ndiaye
Minusca
Wagner

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Central African Republic
UN's MINUSCA boss Mankeur Ndiaye is on the move

Central African Republic, France
Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

In Focus | Central African Republic
Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

Central African Republic
MINUSCA awaits appointment of new boss

Central African Republic
CAR government wages cold war against Minusca

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Bangui's high-stakes gamble with rebel groups

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Security Council's tense talks on renewing MINUSCA mandate