The country is the second in the world after El Salvador to have made bitcoin official as legal tender, a choice considered risky for the very low access to the Internet - 11% of the population - and even to electricity

Joseph Bendounga, president of the Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa, died at the Friendship Hospital in Bangui; known for his anti-power positions, he had opposed the amendment of the Constitution last year

The results of observations carried out in November 2024 show a significant drop in messages of hate, violence and disinformation in the mainstream media and were welcomed by the High Council for Communication in the Central African Republic

Judges at the ICC unsealed a 2018 sealed arrest warrant for Edmond Beina, a rebel accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity; he allegedly commanded 100-400 fighters responsible for extermination, rape and persecution of Muslims in early 2014

The country renewed its utmost commitment and friendship with the Kremlin administration with the erection of a monument in honour of the late Russian mercenary group leader Wagner Prigozhin and his right-hand man Dmitriy Utkin in Bangui