Faustin-Archange Touadéra

CAR's president Faustin-Archange Touadéra and the country's prosecutor-general Benoit Narcisse Foukpio have bought into this paranoid narrative doubling down on claims that Martin is a spy...

Another disincentive is that there is little percentage for the opposition to compete on a far from level playing field which may even threaten supporters of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra...

The regime of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra may have staved off the threat of a coup d'état – unlike neighbouring Gabon and three Sahelian states – but citizens complain of growing threats to security and galloping corruption by top officials...

TOUADERA FOLLOWS THE PUTIN PLAYBOOK On his frequent foreign trips President Faustin-Archange Touadéra can be heard lamenting the intrusive behaviour of Russia's military officials...

The detention of 41-year-old aid worker Joseph Figueira Martin at Camp de Roux in Bangui shows the power of Russia's security services over President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's government and the judicial system...

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has begun the process of restoring relations with France...

Unlike the Central African Republic – where President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has re-engaged with France while maintaining security ties with Russia – Niger shows no sign of a slowdown in its gradual divorce from Ecowas and the west (AC Vol 64 No 22 Touadéra stirs the geopolitical cauldron & Vol 65 No 3 Juntas in shock split from Ecowas)...

Russian mercenaries no longer openly roam the streets of Bangui by day as in the Wagner Group's heyday but they still pluck President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's opponents from the streets by night...

The short arm of the law retreats further Accountability and justice may have been a shaky concept in Central African Republic before now but the corruption of the judicial system has worsened – Russian operatives and cronies of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra are untouchable unlike the opposition and the general public...

One of Russia's closest African security clients the Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra appears to be decreasing reliance on the Kremlin by refreshing diplomatic relations with France and accepting a United States offer of military training...

In CAR a Wagner front company has been awarded exclusive rights to the Ndassima mine the country's largest gold mine in return for propping up President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's government...

The Wagner documents claim that he was paid $500 for a video post on a Facebook page with 234 000 subscribers in which he claimed that Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's troops were enjoying massive success against rebels supported by Chad while French international media were covering it up...