François Bozizé Yangouvonda

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: President François Bozizé Yangouvonda will be able to rule by decree for three months to push economic and political reforms...

Martin Ziguélé's gracious acceptance of defeat on 25 May may help avert potential conflicts after the decisive 65 per cent victory of General François Bozizé in the second round of the presidential election...

General François Bozizé's transformation from coup leader to bringer of democracy in the 13 March elections is a textbook guide for putschists...

François Bozizé who promoted himself at New Year is set to win the 13 February presidential election...

Central African Republic was suspended from Kimberley last year in the wake of President François Bozizé's coup then readmitted several weeks later...

Haiti's ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide may have had little choice but oil executives are also beating a path to President François Bozizé's door...

François Bozizé...

Major General François Bozizé who seized power in March (AC Vol 44 No 6) but has said he will not stand for President after the transition in 2005 is now seeking to dispel the doubts largely by surrounding himself with politicians with democratic track-records...

General François Bozizé Bangui's new strongman has quickly consolidated after seizing power on 15 March...

However its success in restraining the rebel leader François Bozizé is not assured...