Meeting with Sylvie Baïpo-Temon

It went somewhat unnoticed, yet it was far from trivial. On July 10, Sylvie Baïpo-Temon granted an audience to the Honorary Consul of Mauritania—a routine affair—but the interesting part is that she issued him an exequatur. What is that? A look at Wikipedia reveals the following: An exequatur is a procedure designed to give legal force within a state to a judgment rendered abroad or to an arbitral award. The word comes from the Latin exsequatur—the third-person singular present subjunctive of the verb exsequor—meaning "let him execute" or "let it be executed." In plainer terms, this means Mauritanian law applies within the Central African Republic—for instance, to a Mauritanian dissident. And since Mauritania enforces Sharia (Islamic law), so much for freedom of expression. This raises an obvious question: what does the CAR stand to gain from all this? Let’s not even talk about secularism; the CAR is secular in name only. If one follows the situation closely, Ali Abdallahi Mohamed Jeddou is present in the Central African Republic merely as an extension of the Mauritanian justice system. His status as Honorary Consul is just a veneer—a disguise. As for prior consultation of the people—as is customary in any democracy (or as was the case when bringing in Russian mercenaries)—don't hold your breath. Come to think of it, who ever said the Central African Republic was a democracy? Meeting with Sylvie Baïpo-TemonMeeting with Sylvie Baïpo-Temon

Analysis by Serge LAMINE | LAMINE MEDIA

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Date: July 26, 2026

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