Central African Republic

Center for Peacemaking Practice presents Ambassador Larry Wohlers “Deconstructing the conflict in the Central African Republic”

Center for Peacemaking Practice presents  Ambassador Larry Wohlers  “Deconstructing the conflict in the Central African Republic”

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Seleka rebel infighting in Central African Republic kills 17

Seleka rebel infighting in Central African Republic kills 17 Reuters 26 August 2014 Seventeen people were killed in a gun battle between rival factions of the Seleka rebels in territory they control in Central African Republic, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday. The clash over control of potentially lucrative roadblocks highlights factional tensions within the coalition that for months has controlled the north of a country riven along sectarian lines

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Central African rebels reject new PM, refuse to join government

By Crispin Dembassa- Kette 11 August 2014 Reuters Central African Republic's northern Seleka rebels said on Monday they would not take part in a national unity government as they were not consulted about the choice of prime minister and said they may rethink last month's ceasefire deal. Interim President Catherine Samba Panza named Mahamat Kamoun on Sunday as the country's first Muslim prime minister. He is tasked with forming a consensus government

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U.S. says millions forced to flee for religious beliefs in 2013

U.S. says millions forced to flee for religious beliefs in 2013 By Reuters   July 28, 2014   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More members of religious communities around the world were forced to flee their homes last year than at any time in recent memory, the United States said on Monday, in its annual report on religious freedom. "In almost every corner of the globe, millions of Christians, Muslims, Hindus and others representing a range of faiths

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Gold, diamonds feed Central African religious violence

By Daniel Flynn Reuters 29 July 2014 (Reuters) - Three young rebels, their AK47s propped against wooden stools in the afternoon heat, guard the entrance to the giant Ndassima goldmine carved deep into a forested hilltop in Central African Republic. Sat in a thatched shack at the edge of a muddy shantytown, the gunmen keep the peace - for a price - among hundreds of illegal miners who swarm over the steep sides of the glittering open pit, scratching

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Seleka to sign ceasefire, drops call for Central African Republic split

By David Lewis Reuters 23 July, 2014 Central African Republic's mainly Muslim Seleka rebels will sign a ceasefire with 'anti-balaka' Christian militia on Wednesday, having dropped their demands for the country to be split in two along religious lines, Seleka officials told Reuters. Seleka's call for the country to be officially partitioned into a Muslim north and a Christian south risked derailing talks in Congo Republic aimed at ending religious

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Refugee survey suggest higher death toll in Central African Republic

By Misha Hussain Reuters 16 July 2014  DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fighting in Central African Republic may have claimed more lives than previously thought because many Muslim victims were never taken to state hospitals and families buried their dead at home because of security fears, according to aid workers. Violence spiraled in the former French colony after the mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted the government of President Francois

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Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians

By Crispin Dembassa-Kette Reuters 8 June 2014 Rebel fighters and armed Muslim civilians killed "many" people in an attack on a church compound in the Central African Republic on Monday where thousands of civilians had taken refuge, Catholic Church officials said. The attack in Bambari, 380 km (236 miles) northeast of the capital Bangui, came just a day before French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to visit the town, where a grenade attack

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Uganda clashes with Central Africa Republic’s Seleka rebels

By Elias Biryabarema Reuters 1 July 2014 Uganda said on Tuesday its forces in Central African Republic (CAR) had clashed for the first time with fighters from Seleka, a mainly Muslim rebel force, killing 12, and would pursue them as part of a campaign against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). "Seleka had never tasted our fire, I think it was important that they taste our fire so that they are careful… they are in bed with LRA and we shall treat

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C African Republic at risk of genocide, says group

C African Republic at risk of genocide, says group By Associated Press 24 June 2014   RABAT, Morocco — In the early hours of Monday morning, a Christian militia swept down on the village of Ardo-Djobi near Bambari in the Central African Republic killing 18 Muslims of the Fulani ethnicity. Just a few days earlier, Muslim gunmen had attacked Christians in the nearby village of Liwa and killed 21. The tit-for-tat attacks against rival religious groups

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