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adjournment of municipal and regional elections

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The municipal and regional elections scheduled for January 22, 2023 have been postponed to July 16, 2023 throughout the territory of the Central African Republic (CAR), we learned on Wednesday from the president of the National Elections Authority ( ANE), Mathias Barthélémy Morouba.

According to him, the postponement is due primarily to the delay in raising funds for the organization of these elections.

“We made a timetable. We have a budget which has been prepared and distributed. Unfortunately, we do not have the funding as planned. With part of this money, we were able to do the electoral mapping”, explained Mr. Morouba.

According to this official of the ANE, among the reasons for the postponement of the elections are also the delays in setting up the dismemberments, and in the revision of the electoral roll to take into account young people who have just reached the age under 18, deceased persons, refugees and displaced persons, etc.

As part of the new calendar, the proclamation of the final results is scheduled for December 13, 2023 and the publication of the final composition of municipal councilors on December 16, 2023.

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Will TotalEnergies withdraw from the Central African Republic?

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Press reports indicate a desire by the multinational to sell its activities in the Central African Republic, due to the fuel crisis and the business climate. The French group does not confirm this information. But, the last importer of petroleum products in the Central African Republic, he wonders about his priorities.

More than half of the Total stations in the Central African Republic are now shut down due to lack of fuel. Only those in Bangui work, and again, in turn, depending on available stocks, which generates endless queues of disgruntled motorists, transporters and motorcycle taxis.

Last importer of fuels of the country, Total limits its purchases, because the sale is made at a loss for months. The regulated price of a liter of gasoline is 865 francs at the pump, but it costs the supplier 30 to 40% more.

The state, which subsidizes the difference, has not settled the slate. Its debt is now in millions of euros. While organizations close to the authorities, and even some members of the government, accuse the company ” to organize the shortage ».

The Central African Republic is a drop of water in the global turnover of TotalEnergies, “ the equivalent of a French motorway station confides a group executive. Economically, a departure would therefore be painless.

Like all multinationals, the company regularly reviews its portfolio, which has led it, for example, to sell its assets in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Niger over the past two years.

Still, to sell, you have to find a buyer: “ given the business climate, the hassle and the cost of transport, they will not rush “says a connoisseur of the sector.

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Your reactions]Central African Republic: the Constitutional Court has ruled

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In the Central African Republic, the opposition won. The Constitutional Court ruled that President Touadéra’s decree, allowing the creation of the committee responsible for drafting the new fundamental law, was not in conformity with the law. Are you surprised by this decision? What future for the draft new constitution? We start the debate.

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Central African Republic: in Bangui, the black gasoline market saves motorists

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Published on : 22/09/2022 – 01:06

In the Central African Republic, the fuel crisis, which began in March, continues. In Bangui, the stations which are not closed for lack of supply, are stormed. A black market is organized in parallel. The government fails to restore the situation and accuses the suppliers. Taxis and motorcycle taxis are suffering the effects of the crisis on a daily basis.

From our special correspondent in Bangui,

The word circulated in the street and on the couriers: that morning, the Total station on the avenue des Martyrs had fuel. The queue stretches about fifty meters, Archangel is in the middle with his motorcycle taxi. ” We don’t know what to do! We come to the station at 6 a.m. and sometimes we wait until 7 or 8 p.m. We can’t even find any, fuel Archangel says.

The motorcycle taxis defend their position in the queue, but pedestrians cut it off to fill cans, the police let it happen. Due to the shortage, taxis lose several working days a week, sometimes sleep in front of stations.

Gracien Ndéma Atangtadiao is the general secretary of the SCRTB, one of the unions for taxi and bus drivers. ” Everyone is for the black market! There, you see those who are already served. You see the gentleman in the vest, he is there for “anti-fraud”. The crisis is far from being resolved, especially since everyone is benefiting from it for the moment. »

More expensive and lower quality

At the pump, the price has been stuck at 865 francs per liter for many years. But along the boulevards, it is sold in bottles 30 to 40% more expensive, often cut, which risks damaging the engines. Many stop at these stalls, by constraint, like that of this retailer, installed just in front of a closed station.

We buy in cans: either we fill up at the stations, and we have to leave something with the gas station attendant, 5,000 francs, or at least 3,000 or 4,000, otherwise we buy what comes from neighboring countries, such as Cameroon, Sudan, DRC. They leave us the fuel at 1,000 francs a liter, and we sell it, at 1,100, 1,200 francs. This is how we feed our families. Sometimes the police show up and confiscate everything. But lately, given the shortage, we’ve been left alone.

The government has repeatedly promised a return to normal in recent months, but carriers say the situation has not improved. The Minister of Communication, Serge Djorie, affirms that the stocks are there, and openly accuses the Total group of organizing the shortage. The suppliers deny this, but refuse to comment. A UN source explains that at the current price, they are selling at a loss, hence the low import volumes.

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Constitution change project in the Central African Republic

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Published on : 14/09/2022 – 23:25

The Central African Constitutional Court must rule on the project to change the Constitution initiated by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

The Republican Bloc for the Defense of the Constitution, an opposition platform, denounces “a plot” and the pressure on the judges of the High Court. Thierry Vircoulon, associate researcher at IFRI deciphers the situation for the Journal de l’Afrique.

Côte d’Ivoire calls for an ECOWAS summit as soon as possible and accuses the Malian authorities of “unacceptable blackmail over the 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako. Mali has made it known that it will release the Ivorian soldiers in exchange for the extradition of Malian political figures exiled in Côte d’Ivoire.

Finally in Cameroon, for over a month in Yaoundé, people have been facing a shortage of drinking water. To explain this shortage, CAMWATER, the national company responsible for water distribution in Cameroon, evokes structural dysfunctions, the galloping demography of the city, the severe low water level and the breakages, leaks and thefts of networks caused by bandits. …or untimely power cuts.

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the Constitutional Court rejects the “Sango coin” cryptocurrency project

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AA / Yaoundé / Peter Kum

The Central African Constitutional Court (CC) rejected, on Monday August 29, certain provisions of the “Sango coin” project launched by President Faustin-Archange Touadera on July 3 to boost the modernization of the country’s infrastructure.

In its decision on Monday, the Constitutional Court ruled “unconstitutional the sale of Central African nationality and certain resources of the country through the Sango coin project”.

“The sale of Central African nationality is unconstitutional and is annulled,” the court said on Monday, relying on article 80 of the Central African Constitution.

As a reminder, it was on August 1, on the initiative of members of the Action Group of Civil Society Organizations for the Defense of the Constitution of March 30, 2016, that a request was filed with the Constitutional Court aimed at deem illegal the global sale of Central African nationality, land and natural resources of the CAR, organized through the national cryptocurrency policy.

Following this request, the Court ruled on Monday “that it is therefore necessary to declare unconstitutional the sale of land and natural resources, as provided for by the official document Sango Genesis Paper and on the Sango.org website, and to cancel the relevant provisions”.

The Court also ruled that the creation and sale of an e-Residence published by the official document “Sango Genesis Paper” and on the site “Sango.org” “is unconstitutional and is canceled pursuant to Article 80 of the Constitution”.

The Constitutional Court also recalled on Monday that its decisions “are not subject to any appeal” and that they “are binding on the public authorities, on all administrative and judicial authorities and on any natural or legal person”.

It should be noted that it was on July 3 that the authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) unveiled a new cryptography project, dubbed “Sango Coin”.

“I always wanted to leave something valuable as a legacy for future generations. My vision is to educate young people to embrace new technologies, as well as cryptocurrencies,” President Touadera said at the inaugural ceremony.

The creators of Sango coin had claimed that features of the project include an online residency and citizenship program.

“Foreign Sango coin investors will be able to purchase Central African citizenship for $60,000 in cryptocurrencies provided they hold equivalent Sango coins for at least 5 years. They will also be able to buy the “e-residence” for 6,000 dollars in Sango-coins held for at least 3 years. They will finally be able to buy a 250 square meter piece of land for 10,000 dollars in Sango-coins held for 10 years,” the creators of the Sango coin said on July 3.


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