On 3 November President Touadéra visited the north-eastern town Birao an area still controlled by the ex-Séléka leader Nourredine Adam hoping to install a new governor of the Vakaga region Commandant Léonard Mbele (AC Vol 58 No 11 Militias change gear as violence surges)...
Among the documents uncovered by anti-corruption NGO Global Witness is a paper signed by Nourredine Adam – the Séléka's powerful head of intelligence operations – asking then-President Michel Djotodia to impose a tax on miners to increase profits from the diamond trade...