Central African Republic News

Central African Republic is scheduled to hold a presidential election this year.

The Ugandan military says its forces in the Central African Republic have killed the acting guerilla commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.

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THE UPDF 4th Division commander, Brig. Charles Otema Awany, has camped at Obbo village in the Central African Republic to coordinate operations against the LRA remnants headed by Joseph Kony.

Ugandan troops killed a top commander of the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in the Central African Republic , a military spokesman said Saturday.

Blue helmets serving with the UN's peacekeeping mission in CAR and Chad have been protecting a camp of refugees in northeastern CAR since an attack in mid-December - apparently by bandits - left three people dead on a nearby road, including two rebel Union des Forces Dmocratiques et du Rassemblement members.

Soldiers on patrol: There is no official curfew in N'dA©lA© but most residents are off the streets at dusk - file photo N'DELE, 31 December 2009 - Quartier Sultan in N'dA©lA©, a town in northern Central African Republic, was badly hit by fighting on 26 November when troops from the Central African Armed Forces pushed back an ...

THERE are only a handful of Kildare troops serving abroad this year as part of the UN Mission in Chad, the Central African Republic and Kosovo but they will be tucking into turkey and ham on the big day.

New York, Dec 22 : The United Nations Security Council has called on the Government of the Central African Republic to ensure a speedy and inclusive political dialogue and swift security sector reform as the conflict-plagued country prepares for elections in 2010, urging the world community to provide necessary support.

The UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Central African Republic and Chad has warned armed groups that it is "unacceptable" to attack refugees.

Days after a UN convoy was attacked in eastern Chad, humanitarians and security officials are debating how to prevent kidnappings and carjackings that persist despite the presence of a multi-million-dollar UN-led peacekeeping force.

United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic are stepping up their presence near a refugee camp in the country's northeast where deadly clashes last week have increased tensions in an already unstable area.

Since the Christmas Massacre of 2008, the Lord's Resistance Army has caused hundreds of thousands of victims in four African States.

Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels, who murdered over 800 civilians around Christmas and early January last year, have threatened a fresh wave of attacks despite a year of multi-national military operations against them, analysts warn.

The Sudanese government rejected today Chadian accusations of being behind the kidnapping of three French aid workers in Western Sudan and eastern Chad.

A Limerick man who led the UN peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic and Chad has received the 'Paul Harris Fellowship Award' from the Limerick Shannon Rotary Club.

Boda - While she was helping to run a vaccination campaign in July, health worker and midwife Victorine Yangakola became aware of a serious nutritional crisis in Boda and surrounding villages in the western region of Lobaye.

UNHCR workers interviewing people who fled Central African Republic over the border into southern Chad 15 December 2009 &#150 International assistance is vital to prevent the Central African Republic from falling back into political crisis and potential new fighting as it prepares for elections next year after a decade of violence and conflict ...

MAGWI TOWN, 15 December 2009 - Post-war returnees in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria have had relatively little help compared with those in other areas of Southern Sudan, say aid workers.

"We will also target French forces in Chad and we will carry out assassinations against French diplomats," he said.