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🇨🇫 Central African RepublicPolitics18 Oct 2026

Civil society demands release of five leaders in Bangui

Central African civil society organisations are demanding the release of five leaders arrested in Bangui on 15 October, including Quentin Ngouando and Elysée Nguemale. They have given the authorities until 3.30pm on 19 October and threatened to resume civil disobedience, according to their statement signed in Bangui on 17 October.

Source: Corbeaunews Centrafrique

Timeline

1. Sunday, 18 October 2026

   • Civil society demands release of five leaders in Bangui

     Central African civil society organisations are demanding the release of five leaders arrested in Bangui on 15 October, including Quentin Ngouando and Elysée Nguemale. They have given the authorities until 3.30pm on 19 October and threatened to resume civil disobedience, according to their statement signed in Bangui on 17 October.

     🇨🇫 Central African Republic · 08:00

2. Friday, 16 October 2026

   • Central African presidency defends detention of four civil society leaders

     The Central African presidency has defended the detention of Quentin Ngouando, Elysée Nguemale, Stève Bendo Deny and Barry Mardios, organisers of a “city lockdown” held in Bangui on 12 October to protest rising fuel prices. Its spokesperson, Albert Yaloké Mokpème, said security forces wanted to understand the reasons for the protest and prevent risks to public safety, according to Lengosongo.

     🇨🇫 Central African Republic · 19:13

   • Central African police arrest civil society leaders Elysée Nguémalé and Quentin Ngbouando

     Central African police arrested Elysée Nguémalé and Quentin Claver Ngbouando, leaders of the Observatory of Democratic Governance in the Central African Republic and the I Gwé movement, before a press conference. Social Change Party president Chancel Sekodé-Ndeugbayi denounced the arrest as politically motivated, Corbeaunews Centrafrique reports.

     🇨🇫 Central African Republic · 05:00