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As Russians plot against Chad, concerns mount over important US ally

Stars and Stripes 24 Apr 2023
The two Chadian nationals, who are named in the documents, stayed at the Ledger Plaza Bangui Hotel, where they were reportedly received by Defense Minister Rameaux Claude Bireau of the Central African Republic, which has been engaged with Wagner since 2018.
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Guitar Tales: The remarkable impact of Congolese guitarist Tamfum/Fidel, and the tuning that would define ...

Guitar.com 26 Dec 2022
“When we reached Bangui, each band had its own bar to play at and we knew no one. We went to a hotel and asked the boss to play a bit and sleep there,” Tamfum recalls ... “I was on the stage playing at the hotel and this young man came to me and knelt down and the crowd was in shock and confusion as I was,” Tamfum recalls.
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Central African Republic journalist Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé detained overnight in defamation case

CPJ 14 Jul 2021
Police raided Nguema Ngokpélé’s room at the Bangui Ledger Plaza hotel while he was in detention and seized two computers, he said, adding that they had not been returned as of today ... The complaint, which CPJ reviewed, cites a 2018 article by Le Quotidien de Bangui alleging that Douamba had swindled government authorities.
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Mysteries behind Battle of Bangui

Mail Guardian South Africa 12 Apr 2021
François Bozizé is Satan on earth.” These were the words of a respected international banker from the Central African Republic when he saw me reading The Battle of Bangui at a hotel in N’Djamena a few days ago ... Any Central African Republic watcher knew that by the time Jacob Zuma sent the SANDF to Bangui, it was not about protecting democracy.
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CNN team was tracked by Russian operatives in Central African Republic, Bellingcat investigation shows

CNN 20 Aug 2020
It also said that some involved in the operation "must be wearing clothes that allow them to enter the hotel and stay for a short time in a restaurant or a bar." ... A man who had offered his assistance on the first trip was in the hotel lobby in Bangui, taking photographs of Ward ... It even included video from inside Ward's hotel room.
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Russian Journalists Murdered in Africa May Have Been Set Up

The Daily Beast 21 Aug 2018
The International Airport in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, is a grim, dusty little installation in a country all but destroyed by generations of tyranny and war ... Since nobody was there to meet them at the airport, the journalists took a taxi to the two-floor National Hotel on Avenue de France near Bangui’s central market.
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Letter: Signs a leader wants to become a dictator

Topix 14 Feb 2018
How can a citizen tell when his leader wants to become a dictator? 1. He calls for the jailing of his political opposition leader. In this Monday, March 25, 2013 photo, rebel soldiers stand guard outside a hotel where Seleka rebel alliance leader Michel Djotodia was due to make a declaration, in Bangui, Central African Republic ... .
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A tourist’s guide to Bangui

Mail Guardian South Africa 20 Dec 2017
The receptionist at the Hotel Ledger, the closest ...
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Gem smuggling thwarts revival of Central African Republic

Topix 02 Dec 2017
In the lounge of a luxury hotel in Bangui, the capital of war-torn Central African Republic, soft-spoken diamond dealers cautiously sidle up to guests ... .
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Gem Smuggling Thwarts Drive to Revive Central African Republic

Topix 30 Nov 2017
In the lounge of a luxury hotel in Bangui, the capital of war-torn Central African Republic, soft-spoken diamond dealers cautiously sidle up to guests ... .
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Candidates Again Question Results in CAR Elections

Voa News 13 Jan 2016
Katarina Hoije. BAMAKO, MALI—. Late last year, the Central African Republic held elections to replace the transitional government currently in power ... FILE - Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at the Hotel De Ville during the presidential election in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, Dec. 30, 2015 ... .
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The Central African Republic, where Emperor Bokassa ruled with violence and greed

The Irish Times 05 Apr 2014
He stepped up uranium and gold mining, built Bangui’s Mpoko airport, the national assembly, sports stadium, a high-rise hotel, university and hospital ... On December 4th, 1977, Bokassa crowned himself emperor before 5,000 people in Bangui’s sports stadium ... After seven years in exile, Bokassa chose to return to stand trial in Bangui.
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Central African prime minister meets ‘anti-balaka’ chiefs

Business Day 17 Feb 2014
BANGUI — The interim prime minister of the Central African Republic met on Sunday ... "I met the military chiefs of the ‘anti-balaka’ to discuss with them and see, through the means of the state, how to reintegrate them," Andre Nzapayeke told AFP after the talks in a Bangui hotel.
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CAR leader meets ‘anti-balaka’ chiefs

Independent online (SA) 17 Feb 2014
Bangui - ... “I met the military chiefs of the 'anti-balaka' to discuss with them and see, through the means of the State, how to reintegrate them,” Andre Nzapayeke told AFP after the talks in a Bangui hotel ... “We wanted to talk to the prime minister about the security problem,” Kokate said ... - Sapa-AFP. .

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