Central African Republic News
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An unusual dateline - Obo, Central African Republic - appeared in newspapers and on radio broadcasts across the globe Monday morning. A string of stories were published and aired by reporters who were taken to a base that is one of four used by U.S. Special Forces involved in the search for the Ugandan-born Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's
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The United Nations refugee agency today spoke out about an increase in the number of attacks in recent weeks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in central Africa, leading to the displacement of thousands of people. The attacks have taken place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan, a spokesperson for
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Bangui — A joint military offensive between the armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad to oust Chad's Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR) rebel movement from its stronghold in parts of north-central CAR is hampering operations to help the displaced, say humanitarian officials. The military operation, which was launched on 23 January, is aimed at capturing
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Bangui - The main former rebel group in the Central African Republic said on Thursday it was pulling out of a peace process because of the arrest of its chief, Jean-Jacques Demafouth. The People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) accused the government of President Francois Bozize of "violating the peace accords" in a statement signed by Henri Tchebo
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The main former rebel group in the Central African Republic said Thursday it was pulling out of a peace process because of the arrest of its chief, Jean-Jacques Demafouth. The People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) accused the government of President Francois Bozize of "violating the peace accords" in a statement signed by Henri Tchebo Wanfio, the rebel
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Bangui - Central African Republic police arrested ex-rebel chief Jean-Jacques Demafouth Friday for an alleged bid to destabilise the country, a court official and Demafouth said. "Mr Demafouth and several other persons are involved in destabilising the country through a rebel coalition," said an official close to the prosecutor's office. "The investigation that has been opened on this matter will
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Taxi and bus drivers in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui should be back on the road Thursday following a one-day strike after the government promised to look into grievances about its decision to raise fuel prices. The transport ministry will be looking into strikers' demands, Brice Port-Diam, the secretary general of the main STB union grouping bus and taxi
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US special forces have set up a base in the Central African Republic as part of their regional hunt for fighters from the Ugandan-born Lord's Resistance Army group, military sources said Monday. "The deployment of this contingent, the size of which is unknown, was carried out very discreetly with Ugandan military aircraft," a Central African military official said on condition
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Kinshasa - Police in an unmarked car are rounding up young men in opposition neighbourhoods in Congo's capital a day after election results declared the incumbent president the winner. A team of reporters saw the group of police officers force their way into a home in Kinshasa on Saturday. They dragged out a young man and threw him into the
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New York -The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday warned political rivals in Democratic Republic of Congo against stirring up unrest ahead of the African nation's presidential election this month. The 15 member council and the UN special envoy to the DRC rang alarm bells over mounting violence leading into the November 28 vote. The UN envoy Roger Meece said
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Bangui - The Central African Republic on Thursday hit out at an Amnesty International report that deemed the country a human rights "black hole," saying much had been done to protect its citizens. "The human rights situation in the Central African Republic is better than in other countries," Interior Minister Firmin Findiro said in a statement aired on national radio.
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Bangui - The Central African Republic on Thursday threatened to dispute a contract with French nuclear giant Areva if the company froze a uranium mining project in the country. "We reserve the right to dispute the contract with this company if its directors maintain their position," mines director Jean-Sylvain Feigoudozoui told AFP. French nuclear giant Areva on Wednesday announced it
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Kinshasa - A drunk truck driver taking people to an electoral campaign meeting in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo smashed into a mango tree, in a crash local officials said killed 33. The accident took place near Likasi in the DRC’s Katanga province, where the passengers were due to attend the launch of a local MP's campaign for the November
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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has agreed to launch the country's first scientific journal, which they expect to attain international standards and become a reference point within central Africa. The multidisciplinary scientific journal is aimed at giving the country's researchers a common platform to share ideas and communicate their research results. The government created the quarterly
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Two rebel groups that have signed a ceasefire in the Central African Republic said Monday they had left the central town of Bria, and one of them asked for humanitarian aid for civilians. The October 8 ceasefire ended fighting that claimed about 50 lives between the rebel Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) and the Union of Democratic
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A new cholera epidemic has hit the Central African Republic and has already claimed at least 10 victims in the south, health minister Jean-Michel Mandaba said Friday.
His comments came the day after a health services source sounded the alarm that cholera had killed six people in the Limbo region, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the
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A new cholera epidemic has hit the Central African Republic and has already claimed at least 10 victims in the south, health minister Jean-Michel Mandaba said Friday.
His comments came the day after a health services source sounded the alarm that cholera had killed six people in the Limbo region, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the
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A minister in the Central African Republic on Thursday announced that the leaders of two armed groups would sign a ceasefire in Bangui to end bloody clashes.
Rebels of the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) and former rebels of the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) have since September 11 been fighting
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The Central African Republic government called for calm and promised to do its utmost to restore peace Monday after the latest incident in a conflict over diamonds killed seven people.
The centre of the country has been rocked by a recent outbreak of fighting between rival armed groups vying for control over diamond mines that has
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A rebel attack on a rival group and civilians in the Central African Republic killed seven people, including a senior local official, and wounded six, a hospital official source told AFP on Monday.
The military said Sunday that rebels of the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) fired a missile at a vehicle carrying
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Clashes between rival groups in the Central African Republic vying for control over diamond mines have left 30 dead and dozens wounded in a week, a military official said Monday.
The fighting in Bria, a town in the centre of the country where the fighting has been taking place, said the clashes claimed nine lives on
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At least 12 people were killed in recent days in fighting between rebels and former militants in the Central African Republic, a military source told AFP Tuesday.
The fighting on Sunday and Monday was between the rebel Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) and former militants of the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity
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Bangui - The president of the Central African Republic suffers from a chronic illness and cannot continue leading the country, a top opposition leader said in court petition seen by AFP Thursday.
Joseph Bendounga, who heads the opposition MDREC party, on August 22 filed a petition asking the constitutional court to declare President Francois Bozize unfit
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The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has admitted to the presence of drugs in the Kenyan market that have not been registered or have failed the requisite tests by the National Quality Control Laboratory.
According to Dr Kipkerich Kosgey, the registrar at PPB, more than 20 pharmaceutical firms have failed the Good Manufacturing Practices tests carried out
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The Central African Republic government and a 500-man breakaway faction of the country's last active rebel movement have signed a peace deal, state radio announced on Tuesday.
It said the pact between the government and a dissident faction of the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) was signed Sunday in the eastern town of
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