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In New York, the UN Secretary - General's report on the Central African Republic will be presented to the Security Council on Wednesday morning, 23 June. He makes an overview of the situation in the country, a still "uncertain" security context. Although progress has been made. Antonio Guterres notes positively the…

Germany is hosting a new international conference on Libya on Wednesday 23 June. The presence of many countries and actors on the ground should make it possible to consolidate the progress made in recent months, in particular as regards the conduct of elections. The withdrawal of foreign forces planned by the first conference in Berlin 18 months ago has not been followed.…

In the Central African Republic, six months after the presidential election, one month after the end of the legislative election and almost two weeks after the appointment of the Prime Minister, the country still does not know the composition of its new government. Central Africans are impatient, but the new tenant of Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra takes his time, time to receive the audience a large…

A dozen tourists, Russians and a Lithuanian, were arrested just over a week ago in the Chadian Sahara, near Faya-Largeau, in the north of the country. They were returned to the capital Ndjamena manu militari, and were admitted to an exclusive hotel pending the completion of the ongoing investigation to determine the reasons for their presence in an area considered "red".…

Concerns about the Russian partner increase after several investigations into abuses committed by the paramilitaries in the Central African Republic. RFI had published a survey in May that revealed the methods used. Last week, it was CNN, in collaboration with the organization The Sentry, that published a large format on the subject.…

France on Friday criticized Russia over what it called a "takeover" of the Central African Republic. Paris also acknowledged that the African country's cooperation with Russian "mercenaries" had led France to reduce its military support. Earlier this month, the French military suspended budget support and military cooperation with the Central African Republic and accused its government of being "involved" in an anti-French disinformation campaign with Russia. The Central African Republic has become a…

Just over three months ago, the UN expert group on mercenaries sounded the alarm about serious "human rights violations" that can be attributed to Russian paramilitaries in the Central African Republic. Experts condemned the authorities' increased use of these private security companies, which had been the target of a new uprising since the December election.…

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…

Officials representing Turkey, Russia and the UN discussed the Libya issue at a meeting in the Russian capital Moscow on Monday. Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia's special envoy to the Middle East and Africa, Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal and Jan Kubis, UN special envoy to Libya, met in Moscow on Monday, according to a statement from the Kremlin. At the meeting, they stressed the need to strengthen international initiatives under UN supervision to support the forthcoming elections in Libya.…

Launched in mid-May in Bangui, the film Tourist is now available on Russian broadcast platforms. Its goal: to praise the Russian intervention in the CAR and the "instructors" sent by Moscow to support President Faustin-Archange Touadéra against the rebels of the CPC (Coalition of Patriots for Change). A film halfway between fiction, reality and propaganda, which would be funded directly by the Wagner group according to the Russian press,…