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Environment minister Kamach to kick off Touadéra's election campaign

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra is expected to be nominated at the MOUNI congress on 28 December as the movement's candidate for the 2025-2026 presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2024

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

The presidents of the sub-region have given oil and mining operators until April to find common ground with the bloc's central bank on the repatriation of their rehabilitation funds. Until then, negotiation talks will be held on a monthly basis.

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2024

IMF denies CAR millions of dollars in aid due to Neptune Oil's continuing monopoly

The International Monetary Fund is unlikely to release its third instalment of aid, depriving Bangui of around $20m. At issue is the Cameroonian company Neptune Oil's monopoly on fuel imports and its pump prices, deemed exorbitant.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 17.12.2024

Vladimir Putin meets with Chad's Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 24, 2024. © Mikhail Metzel/POOL/AFP

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Déby's Bangui trip offers Russia a chance to renew partnership bid

President Mahamat Idriss Déby, who has put an end to Chad's defence agreements with France, is due to travel to Bangui this week for talks with his counterpart Faustin Archange Touadéra. Russian officials will use the visit to meet the Chadian leader and clinch a partnership.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - Russia-Ukraine war 03.12.2024

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra on 24 July 2024 in Paris. © André Pain/EPA/MaxPPP

Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

The decision to end the export ban on Central African diamonds taken at the Kimberley Process general assembly met with strong opposition from the EU, Canada, the UK and the US.

Free access Mining, Diplomacy 21.11.2024

Hervé Ndoba, Central African minister of finance, in Bangui on 7 May 2022. © AFP

Third IMF support tranche snags on reform of hydrocarbons sector

CAR finance minister Hervé Ndoba is counting on international aid to wrap up his 2025 budget but finds himself at odds with the powerful energy minister Arthur Bertrand Piri.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 15.11.2024

Voter registration disrupted by armed groups

Around 20 security incidents against agents of the national electoral authority have occurred since voter registration for next year's ballots began last month.

Subscribers only Politics 16.12.2024

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Libreville and Brazzaville have strayed from the convergence criteria of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa. The issue will be discussed at an extraordinary summit in Yaoundé next week.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.12.2024

Appeals court orders Orange Centrafrique out of its headquarters

Bangui's court of appeal on 29 November confirmed an eviction notice against the French telecoms firm issued six months ago.

Subscribers only Business 10.12.2024

Wagner in show of force to counter France-CAR rapprochement

France and the Central African Republic's improving of relations is coming up against Russian diplomatic and propaganda counter-offensives. Meanwhile, the mercenary group Wagner is resurgent in the African country.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.12.2024

Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Alpha TND's contract is worth $1.5m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 22.11.2024

Wave of arrests of Lebanese workers sparked by rivalries within the diaspora

Many foreign employees at the Bangui Mall, who had visas but not residency permits, were arrested on 5 November. The heavy-handed round-up angered the owner of the shopping centre but boosted the profits of the company that produces official documents for the state.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2024

Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

The Central African Republic president is distancing himself from Sudan's paramilitary RSF leader Hemeti and forging ties with his enemy in the country's civil war, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. In exchange, Bangui wants CAR rebel leaders in Sudan arrested.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.11.2024

Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Moscow, Russia, 16 February 2024.

European Union swaps out Spain's Altair for Expertise France

The French agency Expertise France is preparing to return to Bangui to help the CAR government in the fields of justice and public finance.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.11.2024

Diamond embargo to be raised in decisive Dubai meeting

The country's diamond industry is hoping that a decade-long embargo on its stones will be partially or fully lifted as a result of the Kimberley Process plenary meeting being held this week in the UAE.

Subscribers only Mining 11.11.2024

Neptune Oil manoeuvres to become SOCASP shareholder

CAR energy minister Arthur Bertrand Piri is continuing to push for Cameroon's Neptune Oil to be allowed to take shares in Société Centrafrique de Stockage des Produits Pétroliers. But his latest attempt at a SOCASP shareholders' meeting in late October failed.

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2024

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Environment minister Kamach to kick off Touadéra's election campaign

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

IMF denies CAR millions of dollars in aid due to Neptune Oil's continuing monopoly

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Déby's Bangui trip offers Russia a chance to renew partnership bid

Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

Third IMF support tranche snags on reform of hydrocarbons sector

Voter registration disrupted by armed groups

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Appeals court orders Orange Centrafrique out of its headquarters

Wagner in show of force to counter France-CAR rapprochement

Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Wave of arrests of Lebanese workers sparked by rivalries within the diaspora

Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

European Union swaps out Spain's Altair for Expertise France

Diamond embargo to be raised in decisive Dubai meeting

Neptune Oil manoeuvres to become SOCASP shareholder

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President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui

BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

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ECCAS in need of CFA 15bn

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Law on 'foreign agents' embarrasses Touadéra's ministers

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Environment minister Kamach to kick off Touadéra's election campaign

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

IMF denies CAR millions of dollars in aid due to Neptune Oil's continuing monopoly

Spotlight Déby's Bangui trip offers Russia a chance to renew partnership bid

Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

Third IMF support tranche snags on reform of hydrocarbons sector

Voter registration disrupted by armed groups

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Appeals court orders Orange Centrafrique out of its headquarters

Wagner in show of force to counter France-CAR rapprochement

Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Wave of arrests of Lebanese workers sparked by rivalries within the diaspora

Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

European Union swaps out Spain's Altair for Expertise France

Diamond embargo to be raised in decisive Dubai meeting

Neptune Oil manoeuvres to become SOCASP shareholder

Spotlight President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui

BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Touadéra sets his team straight after foreign agents bill sent back

ECCAS in need of CFA 15bn

Sacked manager Raoul Savoy threatens to sue FIFA

Law on 'foreign agents' embarrasses Touadéra's ministers

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

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Déby's Bangui trip offers Russia a chance to renew partnership bid

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President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui