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Central African PM replaced amid tensions over Russia, France rival factions

Central African Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra makes a statement on 15 June 2021 during the transfer of power in Bangui. © Carol Valade/RFI

The Central African Republic's prime minister has been sacked against the backdrop of tensions between pro-Russian and pro-French factions within the government in Bangui.

Henri-Marie Dondra was named prime minister in June 2021, shortly after Paris froze budgetary aid to Bangui, accusing it of "complicity" in what Paris called a Russian "disinformation" campaign against the country's former colonial ruler France.

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