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@PalaMatteo

Repubblica Centrafricana #CAR, #Wagner controlla tutte le basi militari del paese
1/n Segnalati voli cargo russi da #Libia e #Sudan verso la Repubblica Centrafricana.
Cerchiamo di capire cosa accade...⬇️
@FocusOnAfricaEn @AntonellaNapoli
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https://twitter.com/Gerjon_/status/1657990337955069953?s=20

La notizia non passa inosservata. Un aereo cargo Antonov An124 hanno preso il decollo dalla Libia e dal Sudan in direzione di Bangui. Sono stati segnalati in arrivo nel paese dalle 08.50 del mattino del 13 Maggio.

https://twitter.com/Gerjon_/status/1657990337955069953?s=20

Le conferme visuali non tardano ad arrivare. Ciò che si ipotizzava stesse accadendo è divenuto ben presto un riscontro oggettivo. I cargo trasportavano, per conto della Wagner PMC, materiale bellico e sorprendentemente anche aerei da caccia militari di proprietà del gruppo:

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FRANCE 24 Français

@France24_fr

En #Centrafrique 🇨🇫, la Cour constitutionnelle a validé, ce lundi, la réélection au premier tour du président centrafricain Faustin Archange #Touadera.

Retour sur les faits politiques marquants de ces dernières années pour mieux comprendre les défis de ce nouveau mandat ⤵️

@payenc

#Centrafrique 🇨🇫 Alors que le contexte est particulièrement tendu depuis la mi-décembre à #Bangui, la capitale, les habitants craignent une nouvelle période d'instabilité.

➡️ Reportage de @payenc, @clementdiroma et @al_hameedawi

@payenc

Joseph Bindoumi était l'invité de @payenc, envoyé spécial de @FRANCE24, lors de notre édition spéciale depuis #Bangui 🇨🇫.

Le président de la Ligue centrafricaine des droits de l'Homme revient sur l'évolution des groupes armés dans le pays

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Hans De Marie

@hansdemarie

@CrisisGroup

#CentralAfricanRepublic (THREAD)

1) 200 to 300 rebels attacked the capital #Bangui today (PK9, PK11, PK12 & Bimbo areas).

Govt, #Russian & #Rwandan troops repelled them. But the rebels remain in the hills & areas surroundings the capital.

Read @CrisisGroup statement 👇

2) The rebels were generally equipped or light weapons (including #AK47 & grenades), several #RPG & probably mortars.

No report of the casualties yet.

3) It's unlikely that they really wanted to size the capital, if not they would have come in bigger number.

They seem to be trying to isolate the capital from the rest of the country that they already control largely & install an attrition warfare just at the capital doors.

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Hans De Marie

@hansdemarie

1) CAR elections : preliminary lessons learned.

Thread (first part today, second part tomorrow)

2) #Touadera could be the biggest winner of the elections. Firstly, he will likely be reelected. Secondly, the recent events have weakened the opposition coalition #COD2020. Their failure to denounce #Bozize, when it became clear he was preparing a coup, eroded their reputation

3) #Russia, #Rwanda, #Portugal & #MINUSCA are among international winners.

# In only 3 weeks #MINUSCA & #Russia, whose reputations among the citizen were not always positive, have reversed those perceptions, at least for now.

# France on the contrary has it's back to the wall

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Fran Matías

@FranMatiasBueno

🇨🇫🇷🇺 This is how they have finished one of the BRDM-2 donated by #Rusia to the #CentralAfricanRepublic. A truck was also destroyed by the "Coalition of Patriots for Change"
#WagnerGroup #PMSC