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Central African Republic
Opposition lobbies Antonio Guterres over constitutional reform

A coalition of opposition parties, the BRDC, is hoping to spur UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres into action following the ousting of judge Daniele Darlan from the country's constitutional court, which she also presided. [...]

Published on 07/11/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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African Union
Anicet-George Dologuele
Antonio Guterres
COD-2020
Crepin Mboli-Goumba
CRPS
Danièle Darlan
Economic Community of Central African States
European Union
Faustin-Archange Touadera
Mankeur Ndiaye
Martin Ziguele
Minusca
MLCJ
Nicolas Tiangaye
Patrie
URCA
Valentine Rugwabiza
World Bank
Yao Agbetse

Central African Republic
European Union tries to convince CAR opposition to return to electoral game

Hot on the heels of the CAR's constitutional reform, European chancelleries are now preparing for the country's forthcoming elections. Brussels is eager for the opposition to take participate in October's local elections - the first since 1988 - but the opposition is standing firm in the face of the head of state's power grab.

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Central African Republic
CAR's first crypto investors stuck on hold

Several buyers of Sangocoin, the cryptocurrency launched by Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, are still waiting for it to go live. But first, laws need to be changed so that they can receive their promised purchase dividends, such as CAR passports.

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Central African Republic
Trouble in ranks of Touadéra's presidential guard

One of the leaders of the elite group of the presidential guard, Lieutenant Rafai, has been on the run for several days. Well-liked by Wagner's paramilitaries, he has been in dispute with a close friend of the president, Colonel Wananga.

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West Africa
Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Following on from his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in September, the former Nigerien head of state Mahamadou Issoufou will present his report on the situation in the Sahel at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February.

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Africa
Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

A number of senior UN posts, which have traditionally gone to diplomats from francophone Africa, are now being fought over by anglophone and lusophone African states. Meanwhile, the position for head of the Department of Peace Operations, Paris's preserve for the best part of two decades and currently headed by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is being chased by China.

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Top: Senegal's Mankeur Ndiaye (left), replaced by Rwandan diplomat Valentine Rugwabiza (right) as head of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone. Bottom: Guinea's Bintou Keita (left), who was succeeded by Ghana's Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee as Assistant Secretary-General for Africa at the DOP (right).

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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Central African Republic, France
Russia's presence further widens wedge in Paris-Bangui axis

Cuts to French aid, a freeze on military cooperation... relations between Paris and Bangui continue to cool. France suspects several of Touadéra's close advisors of waging anti-French campaigns while Russia is not far from the picture.

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Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.

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Anicet-George Dologuele
Antonio Guterres
COD-2020
Crepin Mboli-Goumba
CRPS
Danièle Darlan
Economic Community of Central African States
European Union
Faustin-Archange Touadera
Mankeur Ndiaye
Martin Ziguele
Minusca
MLCJ
Nicolas Tiangaye
Patrie
URCA
Valentine Rugwabiza
World Bank
Yao Agbetse

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

Central African Republic
Opposition lobbies Antonio Guterres over constitutional reform

Central African Republic
European Union tries to convince CAR opposition to return to electoral game

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CAR's first crypto investors stuck on hold

Central African Republic
Trouble in ranks of Touadéra's presidential guard

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Francophone Africa loses key United Nations posts

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Paris jumps into action after French peacekeepers' arrest

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