Central African Republic News

THE South African National Defence Force is drawing lessons from its battle with Seleka forces in the Central African Republic to prepare for future peacekeeping operations in Africa army chief Lt-Gen Vusumuzi Masondo said on Thursday.

Since independence, the Central African Republic has experienced five coups. What chance does the country's latest strongman have of seeing out his term in office? Following months of fighting in the Central African Republic , President Franois Boziz was overthrown on 24 March by the Seleka Coalition, a collective of foreign and northern-based ... (more)

Lawyers representing Jean-Pierre Bemba in his trial at the International Criminal Court have reduced from 63 to 50 the number of witnesses they intended to call to testify for the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UNHCR is prepositioning aid for tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad amid fears heavy rains will cut off access to the group.

The head of the South African army says soldiers who will join a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though his overall force is overstretched and underfunded.

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.

U.S. Embassy Bangui suspended operations in December 2012, and therefore cannot provide protection or routine consular services to U.S. citizens in CAR.

Rebels who seized power in the Central African Republic this year effectively halted efforts to find the LRA there.

South Africa is arguably the most developed and respected country amongst its African counterparts.

Being the current Chair of the African Union , Ethiopia is working to maintain peace and security in Mali, Madagascar, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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African Press Organization - Food assistance is emerging as an urgent humanitarian priority in the Central African Republic .

Franois Boziz's rebels terrorized civilians in some Central African Republic towns that were under the control of Jean-Pierre Bemba's troops, the International Criminal Court heard on Friday.

The United Nations Children's Fund today condemned in the strongest possible terms the re-recruitment and the killing of a 17-year-old boy in the Central African Republic associated with the SA©lA©ka rebel coalition and called for the release of all children linked to the group.

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The Seleka rebels who overthrew Central African Republic's president are now demanding that they be paid before they disarm.

Poachers have slaughtered at least 26 elephants inside a famed park in the volatile Central African Republic, wildlife officials say.

At least 26 elephants were massacred in the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic, after 17 individuals armed with Kalashnikov rifles on Monday entered this unique elephant habitat, known locally as the 'village of elephants'. WWF sources on Thursday said they had counted at least 26 elephant carcasses in and around the ... (more)

As many as 3 000 AU peacekeepers have been killed in Somalia in recent years in an attempt to end an Islamist insurgency and bring stability to the Horn of Africa nation, the UN says.

The Wildlife Conservation Society issued statements today following reports that poachers killing elephants in the Central African Republic had entered Dzanga Bai, which is located in a World Heritage Site.