Central African Republic News

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the fifth review of the Central African Republic's economic performance under a program supported by the arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility for an amount equivalent to SDR 69.62 million .

In a diplomatic breakthrough, signatories to the 11-member International Conference on the Great Lakes have agreed to commit military officers suspected of crimes against humanity to The Hague.

WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union Hadje Mahamat and her family need help from the Hope Fund.

On the fourth day of a six-day visit to Rhode Island, the spiritual leader of 18,000 Anglican Christians in Southern Sudan said Friday that he is holding on to the hope that the attacks and killings by Ugandan guerillas that have devastated his homeland in recent years will quickly be brought to an end.

Aid workers distribute water: The two aid workers, both working with the French organization Triangle, were seized late on a Sunday night by a raiding party, which made off with three NGO cars and a motorbike BANGUI, 4 December 2009 - The UN has warned that the recent kidnapping of two aid workers in the northeastern town of Birao in Central ...

Congolese rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba must be detained until his trial, appeals judges at the International Criminal Court said today, reversing a pre-trial decision to release him.

The International Criminal Court has reversed its own decision to award bail to Congolese war crimes suspect Jean-Pierre Bemba.

Increased banditry, kidnappings of relief workers and attacks on humanitarian compounds in eastern Chad are threatening crucial aid for nearly 100,000 people, many of them refugees or internally displaced persons , the United Nations reported today.

United Nations, Dec 1 : The UN has appealed for more than 7.1 billion dollars over the coming year to assist 48 million people in 25 countries whose lives have been wrecked by conflict and natural disasters, with the largest amount - about 1 billion dollars - sought for Sudan.

I noticed recently that Thailand has slipped to 84th place in the worldwide graft index, but that fellow Asean member Singapore was ranked 3rd in the world and was the cleanest country in Asia.

Paris/Nairobi - Two French nationals working with a charity in the Central African Republic have been kidnapped, the French Foreign Ministry said.

Rebels in the Central African Republic claimed on Thursday they had taken control of the key north central town of Ndele after an attack which was confirmed by an army source, with casualties on both sides.

An armed group from the restive region of Darfur said today they are targeting French aid workers to force French government to change its policy.

Nepal Army Spokesperson Ramindra Chhetri confirmed that Basnet, who faces suspension order from the Kavre District Court for his role in the alleged extra-judicial killing, has been deployed in one of the UN mission of the Nepal Army.

Dozens of people were killed in a remote corner of Central African Republic when Ugandan rebels attacked villagers but were then ambushed by Ugandan soldiers, a witness and local media said.

Libreville - Two French aid workers were kidnapped overnight by a gang of armed men in the north-east Central African Republic, close to the border with Sudan, a Bangui diplomat in Sudan said Monday.

A French aid group says two of its French staff members have been abducted in the Central African Republic.

By Els De Temmerman LRA leader Joseph Kony has instructed his troops to move into Darfur and report to the first detachment of the Sudanese Armed Forces seeking protection and logistical support.

By Henry Mukasa UGANDAN special forces have killed a senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic, the army spokesman said yesterday.

THE UN Security Council has condemned the increasing attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and the Sudan.