Vol 4 (AAC) No 2 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICASIA India sets the pace 27th December 2010 Indian and Chinese investors are on the offensive in Central African Republic – even if the country is voted one of the worst in the world for doing...
Vol 51 No 25 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Amid the chaos, a sort of vote 17th December 2010 Rebels, dissidents and their allies from across the region could turn the coming elections into a protracted battle for power Seven months late, national elections are due on 23 January, amid accusations of cheating and fraud, and with insecurity bringing hunger to more than half the country. The...
Vol 51 No 2 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Is Colonel Massi dead? 22nd January 2010 After weeks of speculation, the wife and political allies of politician-turned-rebel leader Colonel Charles Massi, 57, are convinced he is dead, on the instructions of Central African Republic...
Vol 50 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Many rivers to cross 4th December 2009 President Bozizé is tipped to win the coming election, but much of the territory is beyond the control of his army Cheered to the rafters at his Kwa Na Kwa (KNK) party congress at Mbaiki on 13 November, President François Bozizé, 63, declined to confirm that he would stand...
Vol 50 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The rebels' disarming ambivalence 4th December 2009 Many armed groups exploit local grievances but none have national weight. Their submissions to the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme show they number hundreds, not thousands.
Vol 50 No 5 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The rebel's return 6th March 2009 With an armed attack on a police base in Batangafo, 390 kilometres north-west of Bangui, on 21-22 February, Abdoulaye Miskine relaunched the rebellion that he had abandoned...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 9 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICBRIEFING End of the line for Durbar 31st July 2009 A colourful Pakistani businessman, Saifee Durbar, faces extradition to France on fraud charges following the decision of the Central African Republic on 23 June to withdraw his 'honorific' title as Deputy...
Vol 49 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Dialogue of the deaf 28th November 2008 Fighting starts again, renewing the involvement of France and Libya in a familiar, intractable conflict Twelve government soldiers were killed on 13 November at Kabo in the north and the Central African Republic's long march towards peace halted again. The government of President...
Vol 49 No 4 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICCHADEUROPEAN UNION Delays in deployment 15th February 2008 As fighting in Chad worsens, Lieutenant General Nash promises all EUFOR troops will be on the ground by mid-May The European Force in Chad and Central African Republic (EUFOR Chad/CAR) is due to be deployed between March and May, to protect refugees from Sudan's Darfur region and...
Vol 48 No 25 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC At last, a possible peace 14th December 2007 Plagued by rebel factions and chronic political instability, President Bozizé may be ready to talk to his opponents At last there is hope of negotiation to end one of Africa's least known calamities and the multiple rebellions against President François Bozizé's regime. Armed bandits and two...