Central African Republic

The results of the second round of the 2025 baccalaureate exam show a success rate of 37,5%, up from the previous year; the announcement was made 4 September by the Minister of State for National Education, on Radio Centrafrique.

There is suspect that 700 fake candidates jeopardized the sending of 1.400 selected young Central Africans to Uganda for military training; the program, supposed to be an opportunity looks bound to be a failure due to military maneuvers

Officials report that Russia has called on the CAR to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow’s state-run Africa Corps, requesting payment for security services; government sees Wagner as more effective and prefers to pay with minerals

Former soccer federation president Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, a rebel leader, were convicted by the ICC for their proven involvement in atrocities, war crimes, crimes against humanity perpetrated when part of a Christian rebel group

At least 29 high school students have been killed and 250 injured in a stampede at a high school in Bangui as an electrical explosion triggered by returning power after a failure brought panic among the 5.000 students sitting their final exams

Nearly 5.000 protesters took to the streets of Bangui this week, rallying behind opposition lawmakers to firmly oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s rumored bid for a third term in office

An attack on peacekeepers serving with the MINUSCA mission in the Central African Republic resulted in the death of a Kenyan 'blue helmet'; the UN Secretary-General strongly condemned the act

One of the wives and three children of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony have been repatriated from Central African Republic while he remains at large, wanted by ICC on 36 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The UN Secretary-General strongly condemned the killing of a Tunisian peacekeeper of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic while conducting a long-range patrol to protect civilians

According to an index of the highest money laundering risk, Central African Republic - with a score of 7,49 - ranks third in Africa and 7th place worldwide