Russian President Vladimir Putin, and President of the CAR Faustin-Archange Touadera, prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Russian officers from the Wagner group are seen around Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui, on July 17, 2023, as they are part of the presidential security ...

Russian officers from the Wagner group are seen around Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui, on July 17, 2023, as they are part of the presidential security system.

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera said on Friday his country's relations with Russia had helped it to save its democracy and avoid a civil war. Russian mercenaries ...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra called in the Russians in 2017. Since then, Wagner mercenaries have extended their control.

Fidèle Gouandjika, a special adviser to Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, told Agence France-Presse this week his nation had signed "a defense deal with Russia and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of the Central African Republic Faustin Archange Touadera at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, in 2019.

An image of Prigozhin shaking hands with a senior advisor to Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was first posted to Facebook by a top Wagner operative.

Russian officers from the Wagner group are seen around Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui, on July 17, 2023, as they are part of the presidential security system.

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...