Central African Republic News

Russia has sent the second group of service personnel from Russia's aviation group to Chad as part of a UN operation in the region, an Air Force spokesman said.

The Central African Republic has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960 and is one of the least-developed countries in the world.

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Pick a dictator, almost any dictator - Cuba's Fulgencio Batista, the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos, Haiti's Papa and Baby Doc Duvalier, the Shah of Iran, Central African Republic Emperor Jean-Bdel Bokassa - and they all have this in common: they allegedly stashed their loot in secret, numbered accounts in Swiss banks, safely guarded by the ...

A senior United Nations official this week sought to raise awareness of the "forgotten tragedy" of ethnic Mbororo refugees from the Central African Republic , as he stopped in Cameroon, where they are seeking refuge.

'The LRA rebels have caused serious damage but it is mainly the psychological and human losses that sadden me most," Fides was told by Bishop Juan Jose Aguirre Munos, Bishop of Bangassou, whose diocese includes the mission of Rafa in the southeastern part of the Central African Republic, recently attacked by Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Liberation ...

The Central African Republic will hold presidential and legislative elections on April 25 this year, a presidential decree said on Thursday.

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US State Department issues a travel warning today: San Jose and Bay Area residents need to be aware that the State Department has issued a travel warning today for anyone traveling to the Central African Republic .

Thailand has seized two tons of elephant tusks flown from South Africa in pallets labelled as cellphone parts in the country's largest ivory bust.

Nepal contributes around 1,000 Nepal Army personnel for the U.N. peacekeeping troops in Chad.

Bangui - Ugandan rebels have been accused of kidnapping at least 40 people and wounding a soldier during an attack in the south-west of the Central African Republic.

Addressing impunity for human rights violations is one of the top challenges facing the Central African Republic , as it enters the final stretch before elections, a senior United Nations official said today.

The political crisis that threatened the conduct of forthcoming elections in the Central African Republic seems to have been overcome.

Thursday, 18 February 2010, 1:12 pm Press Release: United Nations Chad Seeks Withdrawal of Military Component of UN Mission The top United Nations peacekeeper is flying to Chad next week after the African country called for the withdrawal of the military component of the UN mission that was set up over two years ago after tensions increased along ...

Two of Africa's least effective Government incumbent telcos - Congo Tlcom and SOCATEL are using international monopoly gateways run by international companies.

Run for Water in Africa is 5K walk/run for both recreational and competitive participants.

Pakistan on Tuesday became the 13th country by receiving humanitarian aid under Consolidated Appeal Process thanks to our poor infrastructure, corruption-ridden institutions, and morally bankrupt political fibre that stands at the verge of disaster.

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Chadian government to allow United Nations peacekeepers to continue protecting 250,000 refugees from Darfur and 170,000 internally displaced people in the east of the country.

Army chiefs of the Democratic Republic of Congo , Uganda and Central African Republic are meeting here on Tuesday and Wednesday to assess the operation against the Ugandan rebel movement, the Lords Resistance Army .