Central African Republic News

Trial judges have granted an application by prosecutors to hear the evidence of one of their two outstanding witnesses in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial via video link from the Democratic Republic of Congo .

As the war crimes trial of leading Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo resumed last week, a member of his organisation told judges at the International Criminal Court, ICC, that the defendant alone issued orders to troops that were sent into the Central African Republic to support that country's president.

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For the past 25 years, children in central Africa have fled their homes in the twilight hours to avoid capture by the marauding Lord's Resistance Army.

The belief that the end is nigh for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army - a small but ruthless transnational armed group operating in four African states - underestimates its resilience and overestimates the unity and capability of the forces ranged against it, say analysts.

Two missionaries to Central African Republic who translate the Bible into the local language will speak at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services Feb.

Posted: 01 February 2012 Deadline: 15 February 2012 Job type: Permanent Salary: $40.000 - $50.000 Location: Central African Republic Organisation: Merlin - UK Benefits: Insurance cover, accommodation, R&R and annual leave entitlement of 24 days per annum rising to 30 days at the completion of 12 months of continuous employment with Merlin.

The convictions of two journalists in the Central African Republic over their critical coverage of a top official constitute political censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Four mortality studies conducted by MA©decins Sans FrontiA res in the past 18 months reveal crude mortality rates in some regions are at three times the emergency threshold level, which is considered a humanitarian crisis.

Posted: 31 January 2012 Deadline: 12 February 2012 Job type: Contract Salary: TBD Location: Kenya Organisation: Danish Refugee Council - Denmark BACKGROUND The Great Lakes Civil Society Project is a regional programme implemented since January 2010 by the Danish Refugee Council with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency.

Jan. 29: The language of elephants is being interpreted by zoologists in a project that could eventually create the first 'audio dictionary' of animal sounds.

The village consisted of a couple dozen mud-brick, thatched-roof huts on either side of the dirt road.

Director Jeff Orlowski captures amazing nature footage of calving glaciers, in this profile of photographer James Balog and his efforts to create a visual record of global climate change.

DUNGU, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Françoise, age 16, talks quietly, revealing a shy smile only after praise for her tight cornrows.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Central African Republic to immediately release a newspaper editor imprisoned since January 16 and to drop a politicized prosecution that stems from the paper's critical coverage of a presidential relative who also serves as the government's finance minister.

Posted: 25 January 2012 Deadline: 07 February 2012 Job type: Permanent Salary: over $50.000 Location: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen Organisation: Merlin - UK Salary: 37,350- 38,100 per annum , inclusive of annual Cost of ... (more)

Posted: 23 January 2012 Deadline: 23 March 2012 Job type: Permanent Salary: TBD Location: Central African Republic Organisation: International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.

Ambassadors are generally addressed as "your Excellency," which is nice. They can also carry briefcases loaded with diamonds through customs, no questions asked.

Robert Siegel interviews filmmaker Lavinia Currier about the music used in her film Oka! , which depicts the journey of Louis Sarno, who traveled to the Central African Republic as an ethnomusicologist to record the music of the Bayaka pygmies.

Born only thirteen years ago, there are credible concerns that the euro won't make it through adolescence.