Jean-Noel Barrot’s visit to Bangui, the first by a French foreign minister since 2018, signals Paris’s cautious bid to counter Russian influence in Central Africa.
Central Africa
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Some 2.6 million Congolese were registered for the 15 March 2026 presidential vote, as Denis Sassou Nguesso, 82, sought a fifth term against six rivals.
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Record profit underscores post-pandemic resilience Central Africa’s banking architecture has turned a conspicuous corner. The latest report by the Central African Banking Commission, COBAC, reveals that the 55 commercial lenders …
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A Sobering Census Shakes Conservation Circles The first standalone Situation Report on the African forest elephant, unveiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature during the CITES World Conference …
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Brazzaville’s renewed multilateral moment The soaring ceiling of the United Nations General Assembly Hall provided a fitting backdrop on Monday as President Denis Sassou Nguesso stepped to the lectern for …
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World & Diplomacy
Inside CEMAC’s Elite Honours: 193 Leaders Celebrated
by Bosco Mbembaby Bosco MbembaBangui summit places honours at the heart of integration The sixteenth Conference of Heads of State of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa unfolded in the ceremonial halls …
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Bangui Summit Highlights Leadership Transition The six member states of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa brought two days of deliberations in Bangui to a close with a …
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A Francophone Coalition Anchored in Brazzaville The OIF’s Regional Representation for Central Africa, headquartered in the Congolese capital, has become a diplomatic hub for civil-registration advocacy. Congo-Brazzaville’s authorities have welcomed …
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Kinshasa at the Confluence of Power and Water No African capital is more indelibly linked to a waterway than Kinshasa, set 515 kilometres from the Atlantic on the mighty Congo …
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Cartographic Foundations of a Central African Pivot The Republic of the Congo occupies an appellative crossroads in Central Africa, its 342,000-square-kilometre expanse poised between the Gulf of Guinea and the …