CAR President extends Putin invitation

The newly re-elected president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country. Moscow has become a key ally of Touadera in recent years. In 2018, the Central African Republic became the first West and Central African nation to bring in Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, as the chronically unstable country sought to fend off multiple rebel groups.

Touadera, who has…