Tag: Central African Republic
WWF identifies 742 new species in the Congo Basin
It’s a huge job coordinated by the African branch of the WWF: combing through the scientific literature of the last ten years to draw up an inventory of species discoveries…
the Bangui Court of Appeal in session with heavy cases on the agenda
In the Central African Republic, the Bangui Court of Appeal opened its second criminal session of the current year on Tuesday, December 3. The defendants are being prosecuted for crimes…
The late Wagner boss Prigozhin got a statue in the Central African Republic | News in brief
Late leader of the mercenary army Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin received a statue in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on Tuesday. Prigozhin is pictured holding a walkie-talkie and…
incident between the crowd and a Wagner convoy in Bambari
In Bambari, in the center of the Central African Republic, a convoy of Russian paramilitaries from the Wagner group attacked the population while they were rehearsing the parade for the…
Cameroon: truckers on strike after the death of one of them
Among the missions entrusted to Russian mercenaries by the Central African authorities is the securing of convoys heading to or from Cameroon. This week, a Cameroonian driver who was in…
In the Central African Republic, anatomy of the Wagner hydra: part 1, men
Ephrem Yalike’s story allows us to measure the influence of Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic, where the former Wagner group carries out three types of activities: military, economic…
standoff between the ICC and the SPC over an arrested anti-balaka leader
The Special Criminal Court (SCC) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) both want to try Edmond Beina. But these two courts, based respectively in Bangui and The Hague, have started…
Towards a lifting of the embargo on Central African diamonds?
Will the embargo on Central African diamonds finally be completely lifted? The Kimberley Process (KP), the regulatory body for the global diamond trade, is meeting from this Tuesday, November 12…
the bill on “foreign agents” is undemocratic according to civil society
In the Central African Republic, civil society actors protested on Wednesday October 23 against a bill relating to “foreign agents”. This text, which will be voted on Friday in the…
Western gorillas determine their movements after a sort of ‘vote,’ study finds
According to a study published Wednesday October 23 in a journal of the Royal Society British, western gorillas move in groups not by following the dominant male of the group…