Central African Republic News

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A rebel group in Central African Republic seized control of a village near the Sudanese border in the north of the country overnight, police said.

The Foreign Minister of Chad today called for a strengthened United Nations peacekeeping mission in his country and for the reinforcement of the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur in the neighbouring ...

The commander of European Union peacekeeping troops in Chad said Monday he hopes Russian helicopters will be in place to support the mission in early November despite the cooling of relations over Georgia.

The European Union expects Russia to supply it with helicopters for its Chad peace mission despite its dispute with Moscow over Georgia.

Fifteen people were killed and dozens badly burned in Central African Republic when a petrol tanker that had overturned exploded as villagers tried to salvage fuel from it, survivors and officials said today.

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An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Martin Petri, visited the Central African Republic during September 11-25, 2008 to conduct the third review of the authorities' program supported by the Poverty ...

To access this report in French, please click here. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The political and security crisis Chad faces is internal, and has been exacerbated rather than caused by the meddling of ...

The Swedish government has promised to grant US$ 2.3 million to finance the Strategic Plan of the Mozambican Human Rights League for the period up until 2011.

A senior diplomat has affirmed Vietnam's support for the continued mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad .

The trade in bushmeat in Central Africal is in danger of wiping out a significant number of animal species within 50 years, conservationists have warned.

The International Criminal Court , which was established in 2002, has todate initiated investigations exclusively in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A special security unit of the Chadian army composed of national police and gendarmes responsible for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons today began its first reconnaissance visit to ...

The Central African Republic and a leading rebel group came closer to drafting a peace deal in talks that resumed in Gabon on Monday following collapsed negotiations last month.

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The deployment of an EU military force to Chad and Central African Republic was widely spun as a humanitarian intervention, to protect refugees and humanitarian workers from attacks by Darfur-based militias, ...

The International Criminal Court has appealed for $14m to help the nearly two million victims of sexual violence in Africa's wars.

A former mechanic employed by the United Nations in two African countries went on trial in Paris on Tuesday, accused of raping some 20 African girls aged between 12 and 17.