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France has suspended aid and military cooperation in the Central African Republic because of what it says is the government's failure to stop "massive disinformation campaigns" aimed at its officials, the Ministry of Armed Forces said. France has cut 10 million euros ($ 12.18 million) in budget support for its former colony and stopped direct military cooperation, the ministry told Reuters in an email on Tuesday. "A number of commitments made by the Central African authorities to France have not been…

France confirms that it has frozen its budget support to the Central African Republic and has also suspended its military cooperation. In Paris, the Ministry of Defense invokes an anti-French campaign led by Russia, in which the Central African authorities are said to be involved. Five cooperatives that have worked specifically…

The French Development Agency (AFD) will provide 35 million euros, or almost 23 billion CFA francs, for the rehabilitation of the famous royal palaces in Abomey and for the construction of a new museum according to international standards planned to accommodate the 26 works that France is preparing to return to Benin by the end of 2021.…

The Joint UN-African Union-ECCAS-EU Delegation to the Central African Republic met with President Touadéra, political, religious and civil society actors to discuss the peace process, two years after the Khartoum Treaty and five months after the coalition's rebel offensive. of patriots for change in the capital. The UN Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is RFI's…

The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday, June 3, confirmed the seizure of a jet belonging to Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The case dates back to June last year: the plane, a Falcon 7X, had been immobilized at the request of the company Commissimpex, which for decades has demanded that Congo settle a debt of more than one billion euros.…

France temporarily suspended joint military operations with Malian forces on Thursday, June 3. The least we can say is that this announcement does not leave indifferent, especially not the junta in power. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielAccording to RFI information, official and / or private initiatives are already…

On Thursday, June 3, France announced the suspension of its joint military operations with Malian forces and advisory missions. An unexpected and strong announcement, even if only part of the French anti-terrorist force Barkhane is suspended, and that this decision will be reconsidered "in the coming days". How is this message understood?…

France plans to suspend joint military operations with the Malian forces, citing the country's second nine-month coup that led to the resignation of civilian interim presidents and prime ministers following the arrest, as well as the recent West African state suspension from the African Union (AU) and the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS). , Thursday's decision came after Mali's military strongman Assimi Goita, who led last year's coup, fired President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and…

France announced yesterday, Thursday, June 3, to abolish, as a precautionary and temporary measure, the suspension of its joint military operations with Bamako.That is the "warning from France", launchesThe ParisianIt is even "a serious warning in Bamako" in anticipation of guarantees "for civilians to return to power and for the establishment of a transition process that guarantees that the planned elections will be held well…

France "will suspend its joint military operations with Mali" and will only resume them once "the framework for the political transition in Mali is clarified". This is announced by Paris, ten days after Colonel Goita's coup in Bamako. If France and Mali cannot agree, are we heading towards the end of Operation Barkhane? The French general Dominique Trinquand was head of the French military mission to the UN in New York. He is now retired. He delivers his analysis to ChristopheBoisbouvier's microphone. .