A revolt by the Wagner force in Russia poses a diplomatic quandary for African states where forces from the mercenary group have played an increasingly central role in long-running internal conflicts. Legalbrief reports that the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, Sudan and Libya have all become platforms for the shadowy group which had plied Moscow’s […]
Tag: Central African Republic
Luanda — The Angolan state secretary for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendonça, on Monday in New York City, United States of America, assessed with the Central African Republic (CAR)’s Foreign minister, Sylvie Mbaipo, the prevailing situation in that country. During the meeting, which took place at UN headquarters in the scope of the Third United Nations […]
Geneva — Sudan, like Ukraine, is deeply worrying for the United Nations as the latest figures show it helped swell the worldwide displacement total to an estimated 110 million in May, the UN Refugee Agency said Wednesday. The upward trajectory in global forced displacement showed no sign of slowing in 2023 as the eruption of […]
London — ‘The evidence also points to a breakdown in command and control by commanders over their personnel.’ The UN said Friday it will repatriate 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers from Central African Republic after new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation surfaced – the latest in a string of sexual abuse scandals involving UN peacekeepers in […]
Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement of SDR 141.68 million (about US$191.4 million) with the Central African Republic. The Executive Board’s decision enables an immediate disbursement equivalent to SDR 11.3 million (about US$15.2 million). A decade after the 2013 civil war, […]
State Department — In March 2022, Daniele Darlan, then-president of the Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court, faced intense pressure to modify her country’s constitution to allow the president to run for a third term in office. The pressure came from local politicians and Russian diplomats, but she was unwavering in her belief that the constitution […]
Nairobi, Kenya — Nearly two hundred people demonstrated this week in support of Russia and China in the Central African Republic after nine Chinese workers were killed by gunmen in an attack. The CAR is one of Africa’s poorest countries and has been battling rebel groups for a decade. Without evidence, the CAR government blamed […]
Nine Chinese mine workers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic, sparking a rare call on Monday from China’s President Xi Jinping for the perpetrators to be “severely” punished. The attack happened near Bambari, said the central town’s mayor Abel Matchipata. Matchipata said that “nine bodies and two wounded” had been counted, […]
Nine Chinese nationals died when gunmen stormed a mine in the Central African Republic. Rebels suspected of the attack have denied their involvement and blamed Russia’s Wagner group, without evidence. Gunmen stormed a Chinese-operated gold mine in the Central African Republic on Sunday, killing nine Chinese nationals, authorities said. “We have counted nine bodies and […]
The last French troops deployed in the Central African Republic left the country on Thursday following a cooling in relations caused by closer ties between Bangui and Moscow. The CAR, which has been in the grip of a civil war since 2013, uses the Russian Wagner militia, which Paris accuses of abuses against civilians and […]
Successive waves of violence in Central African Republic (CAR) have forced people to flee their homes, leaving everything behind. They continue to endure the adverse effects of years of armed conflict. In Bria, where the country’s largest internally displaced people’s camp is, many people struggle to return home and rebuild the lives they left behind […]
Luanda — The Head of State, João Lourenço, met on Friday with his counterparts of the Central African Republics (CAR), Faustin Touadérada, of the Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, and of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The private meetings took place in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on the sidelines of the 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government […]
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on an airfield in southeastern Central African Republic (CAR) which left one peacekeeper from Morocco dead, while his unit was attempting to secure the perimeter. In a statement, the UN integrated stabilization mission in CAR, MINUSCA, said the attack at the Obo airfield near the border […]
Cape Town — France seems to be losing the grip it once had on its former colonies, and the rift is growing every day. “Sixty years on, francophone countries in Africa still do not have true independence and freedom from France,” Nathalie Yamb, adviser to Ivory Coast’s Freedom and Democracy Party (LIDER), told Deutche Welle […]
Bangui — On October 31, the Bangui-based Special Criminal Court issued its first verdict. It found three former members of a Central African armed group guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 2019. One of the convicts received a life sentence, while the other two got 20 years in prison. During hearings […]
A UN-backed court in the Central African Republic said the three accused militiamen showed no remorse over the attacks which killed 46 civilians. A UN-backed Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic on Monday convicted and sentenced three militiamen for their role in a 2019 massacre in country’s north. The three members of […]
Nairobi — Special Criminal Court to Deliver Judgment on October 31 The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic will issue its first verdict on October 31, 2022, an important step in justice efforts addressing atrocities committed in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Issa Sallet Adoum, Ousman Yaouba, and Tahir Mahamat, alleged […]
One of the last main suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide is on trial at the UN tribunal in The Hague. Félicien Kabuga is charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the slaughter of about 800 000 people – most of them ethnic Tutsis. Once one of Rwanda’s richest men, […]