And the bribe, of course!

Well, normally, if you go by the rules, the ANE has eight days to announce the results of the parliamentary elections, except that their IT staff—and not contractors, as we mistakenly reported earlier—are threatening to go on strike over two months’ unpaid wages, the usual story in the Central African Republic. (By the way, here’s an anecdote: Magloire had to renew his consular card, he phoned the Central African Embassy in Paris, they told him ‘OK’, but not to forget the little envelope – the backshish, that is! – because over there, they aren’t paid either. As for students on scholarships, we don’t even give them a second thought.) Long live Touadéra’s 7th Republic—great, it’s off to a flying start, with all the empty announcements and Mussolini-style posturing. Meanwhile, over fifty elected MPs are unable to take their seats. So we’re going to go and whinge again to our ‘foreign partners’—the European Union or the World Bank—against whom we display misplaced patriotism, just to get the cash to pay the salaries; here we are, playing the beggars and pontificating about nothing.

Analysis by Fanta DEMBA | LAMINE MEDIA

For: FatimaLamineHebdo

Date: 6 May 2026

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