Russia Offers Central African Republic Security Guarantee and Broader Economic Partnership
January 19th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, a report on the recent visit of a Central African Republic (CAR) delegation, headed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to Moscow to discuss the status and development of bilateral relations with President Vladimir Putin: The Central African Republic (CAR) delegation, headed by Faustin-Archange Touadéra was in Moscow to discuss the status and development of […]
Read more »Game Over for France in Africa
January 17th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on how the loss of influence implicates more than just Paris: “I think someone forgot to say thank you.” This loaded statement, made by French President Emmanuel Macron at the 30th annual Ambassadors’ Conference in Paris, reveals much about the state of French foreign policy toward Africa. Not only does it […]
Read more »Rwanda Offers Security and Business Deals in Bilateral Package
February 15th, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a report on Rwanda’s bilateral security agreements which offer competitive business advantages, but at what (future) cost? Two buses chauffeuring journalists embedded with the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) exited Afungi airport in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. The airport, situated inside the main camp of Total Energies, is where the French […]
Read more »Wagner Group’s Central African Financial Model
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, an investigation into how Wagner – from gold to coffee, wood to spirits – has made the Central African Republic and Cameroon the backbone of a network of companies whose profits are worth millions of euros: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries are notably exploiting the Ndassima mine in the Central African Republic, […]
Read more »How Wagner Teamed up with the CAR’s Diamond Mafia
July 10th, 2023
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at how the Wagner group has taken control of the Central African diamond sector: A stone’s throw away, the river Kotto flows slowly, waiting to empty into the Oubangui, situated nearly 200km further south on the border with DRC. A little further on, on the ochre laterite road […]
Read more »What Wagner’s Mutiny Means for Its Sprawling African Business Empire
June 30th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on how the Russian mercenary group’s commercial network in the Central African Republic is set to come under pressure: The two men, rifles strapped to their backs, huddle together in the grass. Bright flashes appear in their hands — Molotov cocktails, which they hurl high over a barbed wire fence […]
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