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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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