https://k4i.com/tags/central-african-republic/ Recent content in Central African Republic on k4i.com Hugo en-us Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/russia-in-the-central-african-republic-the-template/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/russia-in-the-central-african-republic-the-template/ <p>The Central African Republic is where Russia&rsquo;s Africa playbook was first fully field-tested, and it remains one of the clearest illustrations of how the model works in practice. Russian personnel first arrived in late 2017 — about 175 &ldquo;instructors,&rdquo; including Wagner operators — after Russia secured a UN arms embargo exemption to supply weapons to the Touadera government. What began as an advisory mission expanded rapidly into something far more integrated.</p>