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The Central African Republic’s top court annulled a commission for constitutional reform over the weekend, dealing a blow to President Faustin-Archange Touadera’s attempts to remove presidential term limits, Reuters reported. In May, Touadera’s supporters proposed plans to amend the constitution to remove term limits, saying the...

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Need to Know

May 26, 2022

A Faustian Bargain

Central African Republic

Soldiers with links to Russia recently beat, tortured and executed civilians in the Central African Republic. The soldiers included mercenaries employed by the Wagner Group, a Russian private military security contractor, said Human Rights Watch. The United Nations is now investigating the incident. As many...

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The World Briefly

April 29, 2022

Friends and Foes

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic became the first African country and the second one in the world to adopt bitcoin as its legal currency this week, a move that has raised questions among observers and politicians because of its status as one of the globe’s poorest...

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The World Briefly

April 27, 2022

Justice, Delayed

Central African Republic

A long-awaited trial to prosecute war crimes in the Central African Republic was postponed for the second time in a week, delaying once again the work of a special court created to address the ongoing civil war, Africanews reported Tuesday. The delayed proceedings by the country’s...

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The World Briefly

March 29, 2022

Dead Ends

Central African Republic

Peace negotiations in the Central African Republic ended this week without any concrete progress amid an ongoing civil war that has been raging since 2013, Agence France-Presse reported. The talks are part of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s pledge to push for national reconciliation following his controversial re-election...

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