By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Corbeau News Centrafrique
Khalifa, 28, and another young Central African abducted in August 2026 in Bangui by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group remain missing nearly three months later, with their families receiving no news. The two men worked for the Russians processing data from phones and computers seized during operations, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.
Four Central African young men were killed, beheaded and then burned with their motorbikes between Tiringoulou and Délémbé, in Vakaga prefecture. The victims were travelling to Birao from the 5 Kilos mining site, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique, which blamed Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group for the massacre.
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Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group now occupy the schools in Zinzir and Oulu, in the Central African Republic’s Vakaga prefecture, in addition to the one in Boromata. Residents are reportedly forced to work for them and traders have their goods taken, according to information gathered by Corbeau News Centrafrique.
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A Horizon Express bus travelling from Béloko to Bangui overturned on Thursday 12 November 2026 at around 2am, about 20 kilometres from Zawa in western Central African Republic, after the driver lost control. The provisional toll is three dead and several injured, some of whom were evacuated to the capital, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.
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UN mission in Central African Republic extended for a year as troops fallOn 13 November 2026, the EU sanctions 150 Russian entities and 50 banks.
OIF could elect secretary general in unprecedented voteTensions between DR Congo and Rwanda over the leadership of the International Organisation of La Francophonie could lead to a vote rather than the usual consensus appointment. Four candidates are running in the ballot scheduled for Monday 16 November at the Phnom Penh summit, according to AFP.The week in Africa
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