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Central Africa
Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late. [...]

Published on 24/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu
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Yahya Jammeh

Central African Republic
Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu wants to invest in gold in CAR. He met with President Faustin-Archange Touadera to discuss buying or building a foundry there.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 27.03.2023

Central African Republic
Special adviser Sandra Boodhun turns to homeland Mauritius to build trade

The latest initiative to replenish CAR's dwindling cash supplies comes from special adviser, Sandra Boodhun of Mauritius.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.01.2023

Central African Republic
The battle of Touadéra's true and false bitcoin advisers

The CAR's bitcoin policy is drawing attention, as proved by several businessmen in recent weeks.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 24.10.2022

Central Africa
Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 03.03.2022

Chad
The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Former Fulani rebel leader Baba Laddé, whose real name is Mahamat Abdoul Kadré Oumar, was dismissed on 15 February from his post as director of intelligence and investigations.

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2022

In Focus | Central African Republic
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.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.02.2022

The Gabonese contingent of the Minusca in 2019.

DRC
Why Tshisekedi had security chief Beya arrested

Since the arrest of his security adviser François Beya on 5 February, the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi has been keeping a tight lid on the matter, fuelling furious rumours. Africa Intelligence reveals why the head of state had his master spy arrested and how it happened.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2022

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi (right) and his security adviser François Beya.

Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

Central African president Faustin Archange Touadéra has been making repeated appeals to Paris in recent days with a view to meeting with Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union summit. For the moment, the French government is politely stalling for time.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.02.2022

French president Emmanuel Macron and his Central African counterpart Faustin Archange Touadéra during their last meeting in September 2019.

Central African Republic
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.

Free access Politics, Diplomacy 21.12.2021

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

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Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu
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French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Central Africa
Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

Central African Republic
Nicolae Buzaianu goes for gold in Bangui

Central African Republic
Special adviser Sandra Boodhun turns to homeland Mauritius to build trade

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The battle of Touadéra's true and false bitcoin advisers

Central Africa
Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

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The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

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Guterres gets tough in wake of peacekeeper abuse scandals

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Why Tshisekedi had security chief Beya arrested

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