Central African Republic News

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.

GROUP of 42 Cambodian soldiers has departed for UN peacekeeping missions in Chad and the Central African Republic, the United Nations announced Monday.

Kenya will be the first country to have its nationals go through the pre-trial chamber process at the International Criminal Court.

" Two Western Equatoria young girls abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, have returned home, revealing details of their harrowing experiences and dangerous escapes.

Friday, 13 November 2009, 2:46 pm Press Release: United Nations New York, Nov 12 2009 7:10PM The top humanitarian official in Chad called for urgent attention to be paid to providing a better life for young men and women languishing in camps for refugees and displaced persons, warning that the alternatives for them would be prostitution or ...

Military operations against Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army have reduced the rebels to at most 100 in Congo but most remaining fighters are in Central African Republic, the region's weakest link, the United Nations said.

The UN Refugee Agency is colour-coding villages red, yellow and green in eastern Chad marking how safe it is for internally displaced persons to return home: people from areas classified as green - "safe" - will no longer be considered as IDPs, but can remain in the camps.

"We arena TMt in Sudan, are we? Because wea TMre not allowed to go to Sudan." The question, asked by an admirably rule-abiding aid worker, made me smile.

A few months ago we reported that, according to our records, Internet Evolution was practically global -- with registered readers in almost every single country of the world.

Kouame Remi Oussou during his days as a Rotary World Peace Fellow at International Christian University.

Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Bangui, the largest city in the Central African Republic.

National carrier Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Bangui, the largest city in the Central African Republic.

The former president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Flix Patass, exiled in Togo since 2003, is set to return to the CAR today with the intention of standing in the next presidential elections slated for 2010.

Germany has provided $34m to help prevent Aids in central Africa, the Organisation for the Co-ordination of the Struggle Against Epidemics in Central Africa said on Tuesday.

The Synod Fathers have sent a Letter to the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of Sudan, Uganda, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic, signed by the three President Delegates and the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, expressing their solidarity with the dioceses located in the Great Lakes Region, for ...

Libreville - More than 4 500 people have fled attacks by the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic, the Red Cross said in a statement received by AFP on Thursday.

The UN Refugee Agency is colour-coding villages red, yellow and green in eastern Chad marking how safe it is for internally displaced persons to return home: people from areas classified as green - "safe" - will no longer be considered as IDPs, but can remain in the camps.

Participants in the African Synod, which is meeting in Rome this month, interrupted their discussions on October 20 to send a message of solidarity to the suffering people of Africa's Great Lakes region.

Military contingents from five East African countries have begun field training in disaster and emergency response as well as anti-terrorism in the northern Ugandan district of Kitgum.