Central African Republic News

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, supporters of former presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba have accused the International Criminal Court of "politicizing Bemba's arrest.

MADRID, Spain : Spanish lawmakers agreed Thursday to station 100 soldiers and two transport planes in Chad as part of an EU mission to protect refugees from Sudan's Darfur region.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed the experienced United Nations official Michael v. der Schulenburg as his Acting Executive Representative in Sierra Leone, the West African nation trying to rebuild ...

More than half a million people have been uprooted by conflicts in the first five months of this year - the vast majority in Africa - and thousands of civilians have been killed from Darfur to Iraq, the U.N. ...

The UN refuge agency-UNHCR has begun the transfer of more than 9,000 newly arrived refugees from the Central African Republic to a new camp in southern Chad.

Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba was arrested in Brussels on Saturday night on an International Criminal Court warrant for war crimes.

A young man holds a poster of Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba. KINSHASA-Exiled Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba was arrested by Belgian authorities in Brussels on Saturday on an ...

An upsurge in attacks by armed bandits in the Central African Republic's north has forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which ...

By Megan Davies Reuters Friday, May 23, 2008; 3:36 PM UNITED NATIONS - The Central African Republic has been hit by an upsurge in attacks by armed bandits, with up to 100,000 people forced out of their homes ...

President G l on Thursday visited the exhibit of the Turkish-African Cultural, Social and Economic Cooperation Association at the TUSKON trade summit, where Sudanese businessmen presented him with a small ...

“People are still living in the bush, others in refugee camps in Chad. I think it is still too early for me to say that this accord will alleviate the suffering or improve the living conditions of the people”

The signing on 9 May of a ceasefire between the government of Central African Republic and the only rebel group that had yet to join a national peace process has drawn mixed reactions from within the country. via IRIN

“We have heard of a family law but we are not too sure of the contents. It needs to be better explained.”

Women in Ndele, a remote town in northern Central African Republic, are making a stand for their rights. via AllAfrica.com

Improved political dialogue in the Central African Republic , a peace conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , as well as the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and CAR are ... via AllAfrica.com

Beijing, May 15 : Heads of states and international aid organisations Thursday offered condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit China's southwestern province of Sichuan Monday. via Newkerala.com

Government has initiated the construction of an FCFA-280 billion deep sea port at Grand Batanga in Kribi, Littoral Province. via AllAfrica.com

As the crisis in Sudan s Darfur region worsens and negotiations to end it drag on, an international consensus is emerging around a muscular policy based on public denunciation, severe economic sanctions, and, ... via Taipei Times

The government of the Central African Republic has signed a peace deal with the APRD rebel movement. via Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

The Central African Republic is striving to turn the page on decades of armed violence linked to mutinies, coups and attempted coups. via AllAfrica.com

“I commend you for the good work that you are doing, and I assure you of all my support in order to reinforce your capacities in the security sector”

A good level of security prevails in southern Chad, despite concerns over road banditry and an influx of refugees from the Central African Republic , says the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the two ... via AllAfrica.com

“We will do our utmost to take part in NATO and other EU mission, to help with their peacekeeping work”

The Albanian government approved on Wednesday to send troops to Chad and the Central African Republic to take part in the EU-led peacekeeping mission on the ground. via People's Daily Online