#central-african-republic

#central-african-republic

The family of an 85-year-old man who lived near the UK's diplomatic mission in Sudan's capital have said he was shot by snipers and his wife died of starvation after being left behind in the country.The BBC was told by the family of Abdalla Sholgami and his 80-year-old wife Alaweya Rishwan, who had a disability, that despite asking for help, they were directed to cross a warzone to board an evacuation fight in Khartoum.

Image President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has concentrated power in his own hands over the past two decades.Credit...Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to secure a first-round victory in Turkey's presidential election and will now face a runoff on May 28.Still, he seems well positioned to win another five-year term.

The war unfolding in Sudan is an internal conflict in danger of going global.Finding a sustainable peace will require convincing many countries with a stake in Sudan's future that they are better off with a partner at peace than one at war.The conflict is a power struggle between Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, and Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, who heads the Sudanese army and is the country's de facto leader.

The UN's humanitarian chief arrived in Sudan's main seaport on Wednesday, as thousands of Sudanese and foreign nationals gathered there in hopes of fleeing the conflict-torn east African country.Martin Griffiths, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator at the UN, tweeted that his visit to the city of Port Sudan is to affirm the body's commitment to the Sudanese people.

The final evacuation flight bringing Britons out of Sudan left the country on Monday evening as fighting continued to rage between warring factions.British nationals were told by the Foreign Office that those looking to flee the war-torn nation had until 11am UK time midday local time to reach the city Port Sudan, on the eastern coast to be given the chance to board the last two flights.

secured a place at the next Africa Cup of Nations finals with a 1-0 away win over on Monday that ensured a top-two finish in their qualifying group with two games to go.They will join neighbours Morocco, who qualified last Friday without kicking a ball, in the field of 24-team for the finals in the Ivory Coast next January.

Shortly before landing in Moscow on Monday, China's leader, Xi Jinping, condemned the killing of nine Chinese nationals a day earlier at a gold mine in the Central African Republic, where tensions have flared between Chinese and Russian interests.Among competing claims about who was responsible including one that blamed the Kremlin-backed Wagner mercenary group Mr. Xi urged the authorities of the Central African Republic to bring the perpetrators to justice, according to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry.

France's President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a diplomatic drive to test a new responsible relationship with the continent as anti-French sentiment runs high in some former colonies.He landed in Gabon's capital Libreville on Wednesday and will later head to Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

France has already announced it's scaling down its military presence on the African continent.French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting four nations in central Africa.He's hoping to regain influence on a continent where the former colonial power now faces competition from other nations, notably China and Russia.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Foreign Secretary said he absolutely regards himself as a feminist and denied the Government has a women problem with female ministers less likely to be put on the airwaves.

8 minutes ago8 minutes ago The country's ruling accused the French broadcaster of "acting as a mouthpiece" for an al-Qaeda affiliated group.France 24 has denied the allegation and condemned the move.Burkina Faso's military junta suspended broadcasts by France 24 on Monday after the French channel interviewed the leader of al-Qaeda's North African wing.

Global lender recommends countries craft crypto policies that safeguard monetary sovereignty and stability'.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has laid out a nine-point action plan for how countries should treat crypto assets, with point number one a plea not to give cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin legal tender status.

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday outlined France's new strategy for Africa, where anti-French sentiment runs high in some of its former colonies.Ahead of a visit to Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Macron said that France needs to demonstrate a "profound humility" in Africa.

Issued on: 18/01/2023 - 18:04Modified: 18/01/2023 - 18:10 18:14 THE INTERVIEW FRANCE 24 France's former president Francois Hollande granted an interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI on Wednesday, some 10 years after launching Operation Serval, which ousted armed rebels and Islamist militants from northern Mali.

Issued on: 15/12/2022 - 15:30 The last 47 French soldiers of the logistics mission (MISLOG-B) are seen at Bangui airport on December 15, 2022 before boarding a C130 cargo plane.Barbara Debout, AFP The last French troops deployed in the Central African Republic left on Thursday following a chill in relations caused by closer ties between Bangui and Moscow, an AFP reporter saw.

The UK has not given enough in foreign aid, the UN relief chief said as he appealed for more funding to help the world's most vulnerable.Martin Griffiths said we would like to have seen more in overseas aid spending from Britain, stressing that money counts.Rishi Sunak was criticised for slashing the foreign aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income when he was chancellor in the wake of the hit to the economy from the Covid pandemic.

02/27/2023February 27, 2023 Ahead of a trip to Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined plans for a "noticeable reduction" in France's troop presence on the continent.France also intends to co-run African bases with African countries.President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France will reorganize its military bases on the continent, during a speech ahead of a tour of African countries.

France is to reduce its military presence in Africa and transform its bases into partnerships with African soldiers, Emmanuel Macron has said ahead of a crucial trip to the continent this week.The French president's comments came as anti-French sentiment runs high in several former colonies in the Sahel, and Paris seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence on the continent.

A Russian businessman believed to be a close ally of Yevgeny Prigozhin has been taken to hospital in Central African Republic after an assassination attempt, the RIA Novosti news agency has reported, citing the local Russian embassy.Dmitry Sytii, who officially works as the head of the Russian House culture centre in CAR's capital, Bangui, had sanctions imposed on him by the US in September 2020 for his alleged links to Wagner Group, a private military group founded by Prigozhin that has deployed more than 1,000 fighters in the unstable country to fight rebels.

A Russian official who has been part of his country's push to gain a foothold in the Central African Republic was wounded by a package bomb in the country's capital, Bangui, on Friday, according to the Russian foreign ministry and state media.The official, Dimitri Sytyi, was identified as the head of the local branch of the Russian House, the cultural arm of the Russian foreign ministry.

Emmanuel Macron has accused Russia of feeding disinformation to further its predatory project in Africa, where France has had military setbacks.In an interview with TV5 Monde on the sidelines of a conference of Francophone nations in Tunisia, he said there was a predatory project pushing disinformation into African countries, which was a political project financed by Russia, sometimes others.

Russia and Algeria have kicked off joint military maneuvers in a desert region in the northwest of Algeria.With the participation of some 80 soldiers from Russian special forces, the troops are simulating the detection and elimination of terrorist groups during the weeks-long exercises.It's the first time that soldiers from both countries have trained together on Algerian soil, and it's the third time this year that Russia and Algeria have held joint drills.

Crypto adoption achieved new milestones in 2022, with the number of crypto owners reaching 425 million during the year, a new report by Crypto.comshows.Moreover, the report reveals that the number of bitcoin owners reached 219 million in December while the number of ether owners reached 87 million.Cryptocurrency Adoption Achieves New Milestones Crypto.com

Russia claimed Friday to have completed its capture of the town Soledar in eastern Ukraine Friday after months of fighting in a brutal offensive that would hand the Kremlin its first significant battlefield gain since July after a wave of military setbacks.Ukraine insists that the fighting was far from over.

A well-regulated African cryptocurrency market is needed in order to protect users as well as help countries stop bad actors from using digital assets to circumvent capital controls, the latest post on the IMF blog has said.The blog post reiterated the IMF's belief that risks to a country are much greater if crypto is adopted as legal tender.

The founder of the Russian private military company Wagner has accused France of being behind the bomb.The head of a Russian cultural centre in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been wounded by a parcel bomb in the capital, Bangui, Russian news agency TASS reported quoting a Russian embassy spokesman.