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The five-day campaign, which begins tomorrow, will take place in the conflict-hit Bangui, the country's capital, after eight children tested positive for the disease last month.

African military chiefs agreed on Saturday to more than double the size of a regional peacekeeping force deployed in Central African Republic, where authorities have struggled to contain violence after a rebel takeover.

The U.N. envoy to the Central African Republic urged the Security Council on Wednesday to consider imposing sanctions on rebels accused of severe rights violations including rape, maiming, recruitment of child soldiers and forced marriages.

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Ex-rebel fighters loyal to the new leader of Central African Republic went on a rampage after toppling the former president, executing opponents, raping women and looting homes - acts that could constitute war crimes, Human Rights Watch said.

A group of 17 gunmen entered an animal park in the Central African Republic, threatening "one of the biggest massacres of elephants" in the region, conservationist body WWF said Tuesday.

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma on Tuesday made a plea for a stronger military capacity for the African Union considering the instability in places such as the Central African Republic the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali.

Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic's president six weeks ago are solidifying their control over the country's lucrative diamond industry and have even been selling some of the stones, witnesses here in the isolated and violent north say.

Central African Republic's interim government says it is investigating what it claims are human rights abuses committed under the rule of deposed president Francois Bozize.

The Central African Republic's interim government has opened a probe into human rights abuses committed under ousted president Francois Bozize, Justice Minister Arsene Sende said Saturday.

Journalists in the Central African Republic go on strike in protest against repression from the country's new leaders who seized power in a March coup.

One of 27 South African soldiers injured in March in fighting against rebels in Central African Republic has died, bringing to 14 the total killed in the clashes, a defense force spokesman said on Tuesday.

A woman from the Central African Republic holds her baby in a refugee camp set up by the UNHCR in Nangungue, eastern Cameroon, April 12, 2013.

Ousted Central African Republic president Francois Bozize had personalised the bilateral relationship between his country and South Africa, his Prime Minister, Nicolas Tiangaye, said on Sunday.

The gunfire starts here as soon as the sun rises, echoing across the town as women make their way to the well and the fortunate few children who still attend school head to class on rutted red paths lined by banana trees.

South Africa is ready to send troops back to Central African Republic a month after suffering its worst military casualties since the end of apartheid in clashes with rebels, President Jacob Zuma says.