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Central Africa: The Dangers of Rwanda's Interventions in the Central African Republic
allAfrica, 17 July 2023
Rwanda's growing influence in the Central African Republic (CAR) - involving military, diplomatic and economic interventions - is coming under increased scrutiny as Bangui's… Read more »
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Central Africa: Roll Over Prigozhin - Here Comes Paul Kagame
Daily Maverick, 14 July 2023
Wagner's African adventurism was neatly summed up when Russian TV, set loose to insult Yevgeny Prigozhin in the wake of the failed putsch, labelled him the 'wannabe Robin Hood west… Read more »
The Dangers of Rwanda's Interventions in Central African Republic
Rwanda's growing influence in the Central African Republic - involving military, diplomatic, and economic interventions - is coming under increased scrutiny.
AllAfrica reports on a new study from the Brussels-based think-tank, the International Crisis Group, which examines Rwanda's support for President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's administration.
Rwanda joins Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, as a foreign force underpinning Touadéra's power. Writing in the Daily Maverick, Phillip van Niekerk notes that the business models of Rwanda and Wagner are not dissimilar: both are developing commercial empires off a military foothold.
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7 July 2023
Rwanda’s Growing Role in the Central African Republic
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- International Crisis Group
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What's new? Rwanda has become highly influential in the Central African Republic (CAR). The main provider of blue helmets for the UN mission in the ... see more »
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Central African Republic: UN Chief Condemns Deadly Attack On Peacekeepers
UN News, 11 July 2023
The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned an attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in the northeast Central African Republic (CAR) on Monday which left one Rwandan 'blue helmet'… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwandan Peacekeeper Killed in Central African Republic
New Times, 11 July 2023
A Rwandan soldier operating under the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was killed on Monday July 10, when unidentified gunmen opened… Read more »
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Africa: Guns for Hire? A Season for Mercenaries
Globetrotter, 18 July 2023
Just after a band of mercenaries tried to oust the government in the Maldives back in 1988, I asked a Maldivian diplomat, using a familiar military catchphrase, about the strength… Read more »
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Rwanda: Kagame, Central African Republic President Touadera Discuss Security Cooperation
New Times, 8 June 2023
President Paul Kagame on Thursday, June 8, met with his Central African Republic (CAR), counterpart Faustin Archange Touadéra who is in Rwanda on a working visit and… Read more »
InFocus
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The power struggle between President Vladimir Putin and the Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin will likely have huge implications for Africa. Wagner mercenaries are ... Read more »
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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has promised military support to help Benin contain a spillover from jihadist conflict at the west African nation's northern border with Burkin Read more »
Rwandan troops comprise the biggest contingent of United Nations peacekeepers in the UN mission in the Central African Republic.
