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And on 13 July Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi is planning to host yet another regional summit to which he has invited: South Sudan's Salva Kiir; Chad's Mahamat Idriss Déby 'Kaka'; Central African Republic's Faustin-Archange Touadéra; Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed; and Eritrea's Issayas Afewerki...
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President Emmanuel Macron is leading an international effort including Rwanda and the UN – with growing United States support – to lift the pressure on President Faustin-Archange Touadéra not to seek a third term of office...
Regional reasons to be soft on Touadéra Circumstances in the immediate central African region also bear upon the new conciliatory – submissive say some – approach of the international community towards diminishing civic freedoms in Central African Republic and President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's bid to change the constitution and obtain a third presidential term...
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra who was previously thought to be bowing to French and western pressure to sever or curtail relations with the Wagner Group of mercenaries appears now to be leaning back towards the Kremlin (AC Vol 64 No 7 Seeking a way out of Kremlin's embrace)...
President Faustin Archange Touadéra is at the centre of complex plotting by western countries led by President Emmanuel Macron Central African Republic's neighbours and international financial institutions as they try to wrest his country out of the Kremlin's orbit...
Mahamat Kaka however sees it as a threat and has been according greater respect to CAR's President Faustin Archange Touadéra than would normally be expected...
Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries operates in both CAR hired as an anti-insurgent force by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and in Sudan using Hemeti as its main contact point...
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In CAR Russian ambassador Vladimir Titorenko was recalled for consultations and has not returned after competing with Wagner for access to President Faustin-Archange Touadéra...
The constitutional court in Bangui ruled on 23 September that the steps President Faustin Archange Touadéra and parliament had taken towards a new constitution were null and void...
And President Faustin Archange Touadéra wants to change the constitution to permit him a third term of office despite civil society and opposition resistance...
The Russians are as focussed on threats to President Faustin Archange Touadéra's power as they are on protecting mines...
Regaining the support of European and multilateral agencies while relying on backing from Russia's Wagner Group is testing President Faustin Archange Touadéra's ingenuity...
President Faustin Archange Touadéra once a university mathematics professor is fascinated by the computer science of cryptocurrencies and their ability to make quick fortunes...