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Central Africa
Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The latest African Union gathering held in the capital of Equatorial Guinea in May was a golden opportunity for a handful of business airlines to make some serious money by flying various presidents around.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2022

The African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic

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KenyaBeverly Adhiambo, youth's leading light in Homa Bay

Ivory CoastFranck Kié, West African cybersecurity champ

Sierra LeoneFoday Mansaray, the president's oil prince

Central African RepublicRodolphe Héritier Doneng, campaigner for Toudéra's third term

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Business 01.06.2022

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad
From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Rebel leaders Baba Laddé, Ali Darass and Hassan Bouba have proclaimed themselves defenders of the Fula, a community widely shunned within the region, in a strategy of self-defence that handily fits in with their own interests.

Subscribers only Politics 30.05.2022

Rebel leader Ali Darass, head of the Union pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC).

Africa, France
Jean-Yves Le Drian's departure is rued from Brazzaville to N'Djamena

Jean-Yves Le Drian was removed as foreign minister in the most recent reshuffle after more than ten successive years in the French government, first at defence and then at foreign affairs. This is a loss for numerous African leaders, for whom the minister from Brittany was their go-to contact in France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.05.2022

Former Chadian president Idriss Déby and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the then defence minister, in December 2016.

Africa, UAE
Dubai takes advantage of war in Ukraine to boost business in Africa

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre sees the challenging commodity market environment as an opportunity to strengthen its trading position in Africa by welcoming Russian and Swiss traders and promoting the use of cryptocurrencies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 27.05.2022

Central African Republic
France's 'hassling' of senior regime figures adds to tensions between Paris and Bangui

Foreign minister Sylvie Baipo-Temon and National Assembly deputy speaker Evariste Ngamana are both furious after having been taken to task by the French authorities recently.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.05.2022

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sylvie Baïpo-Témon, and the Vice-President of the National Assembly, Evariste Ngamana.

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Touadéra banks on bitcoin to avert bankruptcy

After loudly making bitcoin legal tender in CAR, the country's president is expected in Dubai at the end of the week to oversee the launch of a cryptocurrency mining company. The aim is to ensure that civil servants can be paid in July, at a time when state coffers are empty.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 10.05.2022

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadera.

Central African Republic
Presidential party committee plans pro-Touadéra and anti-UN demos

In Bangui, every demonstration in support of President Touadéra or against the UN and France is organised in the premises of the presidency by a small group that includes presidential aides, senior members of the presidential party, and bosses of the Russian mercenary group Wagner.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2022

Supporters of Central African Republic President hold a banner during a demonstration to demand a change of the constitution on 29 April.

Central African Republic
Bolloré subsidiary ousted from Bangui port

Socatraf, a subsidiary of Bolloré, has lost its contract to manage river transport and the port of Bangui to a Lebanese company, Mercure Logistics. European diplomats suspect the Russian mercenary firm Wagner may have had a hand in this.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.04.2022

A Bangui terminal in the Central African Republic.

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step

Domestic political agendas are in the process of remodelling the regional balance of power between Sudan and Chad while, in the neighbouring Central African Republic, the role of Wagner, which is an ally of Sudan but hostile to Chad, is raising questions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.04.2022

Left: The meeting between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mahamat Idriss Déby on 31 March. Right: Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Central African Republic
The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

At the "national reconciliation dialogue" peace talks, which came to a close on 27 March in Bangui, the president's allies raised the idea of a constitutional change, which would allow the head of state to stand for a third term.

Subscribers only Politics 30.03.2022

CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

Central African Republic
Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

Armed group leader Maxime Mokom's arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court by the Chadian intelligence service is a serious blow to the Angola-led peace process, which Angola looks set to take a back seat in from now on.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.03.2022

Central African Republic
EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

The European Union has not ruled out resuming financial support for Central African Republic. An EU delegation was in Bangui last week to discuss how it might resume the payment of budgetary support, estimated at €30m.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.03.2022

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.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 24.02.2022

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.02.2022

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

Chad
Déby holds secret talks with rebels, makes peace with Moussa Faki

Ahead of a repeatedly delayed national dialogue, Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Déby has begun discreet discussions with his late father's most ardent opponents. He has also reached out to the chair of the African Union Commission.

Subscribers only Politics 22.02.2022

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.

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Faustin Archange Touadera

Central Africa
Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic

KenyaBeverly Adhiambo, youth's leading light in Homa Bay

Ivory CoastFranck Kié, West African cybersecurity champ

Sierra LeoneFoday Mansaray, the president's oil prince

Central African RepublicRodolphe Héritier Doneng, campaigner for Toudéra's third term

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad
From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Africa, France
Jean-Yves Le Drian's departure is rued from Brazzaville to N'Djamena

Africa, UAE
Dubai takes advantage of war in Ukraine to boost business in Africa

Central African Republic
France's 'hassling' of senior regime figures adds to tensions between Paris and Bangui

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Touadéra banks on bitcoin to avert bankruptcy

Central African Republic
Presidential party committee plans pro-Touadéra and anti-UN demos

Central African Republic
Bolloré subsidiary ousted from Bangui port

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step

Central African Republic
The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

Central African Republic
Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

Central African Republic
EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

Central Africa
Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

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

Chad
The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Chad
Déby holds secret talks with rebels, makes peace with Moussa Faki

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

DRC
Why Tshisekedi had security chief Beya arrested

Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Faustin Archange Touadera

Central Africa Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The New Guard Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic

KenyaBeverly Adhiambo, youth's leading light in Homa Bay

Ivory CoastFranck Kié, West African cybersecurity champ

Sierra LeoneFoday Mansaray, the president's oil prince

Central African RepublicRodolphe Héritier Doneng, campaigner for Toudéra's third term

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Africa, France Jean-Yves Le Drian's departure is rued from Brazzaville to N'Djamena

Africa, UAE Dubai takes advantage of war in Ukraine to boost business in Africa

Central African Republic France's 'hassling' of senior regime figures adds to tensions between Paris and Bangui

Spotlight | Central African Republic Touadéra banks on bitcoin to avert bankruptcy

Central African Republic Presidential party committee plans pro-Touadéra and anti-UN demos

Central African Republic Bolloré subsidiary ousted from Bangui port

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step

Central African Republic The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

Central African Republic Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

Central African Republic EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

Central Africa Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

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

Chad The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Chad Déby holds secret talks with rebels, makes peace with Moussa Faki

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

DRC Why Tshisekedi had security chief Beya arrested

Central African Republic Touadéra eager to meet with Macron

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Central Africa
Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad
From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Africa, France
Jean-Yves Le Drian's departure is rued from Brazzaville to N'Djamena

Africa, UAE
Dubai takes advantage of war in Ukraine to boost business in Africa

Central African Republic
France's 'hassling' of senior regime figures adds to tensions between Paris and Bangui

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Touadéra banks on bitcoin to avert bankruptcy

Central African Republic
Presidential party committee plans pro-Touadéra and anti-UN demos

Central African Republic
Bolloré subsidiary ousted from Bangui port

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step

Central African Republic
The president's advisers rooting for Touadéra's third term

Central African Republic
Angola out on a limb as dialogue with CAR armed groups flounders

Central African Republic
EU considers resumption of financial aid to Bangui

Central Africa
Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

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

Chad
The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Chad
Déby holds secret talks with rebels, makes peace with Moussa Faki

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

DRC
Why Tshisekedi had security chief Beya arrested

Central African Republic
Touadéra eager to meet with Macron