Attack in Central African Republic kills 22, including chiefs, MSF staff By Crispin Dembassa-Kette Apr 27, 2014 (Reuters) - At least 22 people, including 15 local chiefs and three members of staff of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, were killed in an attack on a town in the Central African Republic, officials said on Sunday. The attack on Saturday was in Nanga Boguila, about 450 km (280 miles) north of the capital Bangui. Some 2,000

African troops capture junior LRA rebel commander, rescue 10 abductees in central Africa Associated Press, By RODNEY MUHUMUZA April 22, 2014 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — African troops captured a junior commander with the Lord's Resistance Army and rescued 10 people, mostly children, abducted by the rebels, Uganda's military said Tuesday, the latest blow against the rebel group in an international hunt for its fugitive leaders. The commander — a rebel

A nation's dire needs The Washington Post, Editorials 21 April, 2014   The unanimity with which the United Nations Security Council approved a peacekeeping force for the Central African Republic early this month attested to the dire situation in that impoverished country. More than 630,000 people in a nation of 4.5 million have fled their homes, and tens of thousands are living in miserable and dangerous conditions at the airport in Bangui,

EU Plans Mission to Central African Republic From theTrumpet.com April 7, 2014   EU intends to send 800 soldiers, while deepening its trade relationship with other African states. The EU will send 800 soldiers to the Central African Republic (CAR) to keep the peace between Muslims and Christians, officials announced April 2 ahead of a major EU-Africa summit. The first soldiers of the mission, called EUFOR–CAR, will arrive by the end of April with

Chad Pulling Out From Peacekeeping Force in Central African Republic The New York Times, by Alan Cowell April 3, 2014 LONDON — In an apparent blow to international efforts to bolster peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, Chad said Thursday that it was withdrawing from an African Union force confronting a wave of sectarian bloodletting that has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. The Chadian announcement came

UN high commissioner raises fears about Central African Republic Charlotte Bozonnet 1 April 2014 A year after mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the Central African Republic (CAR), the country remains rife with intra-communal hatred, has a soaring crime rate and a bankrupt, unaccountable state despite international peacekeeping efforts, humanitarian observers have said. On a visit to Bangui last month, the UN high commissioner for human

AU brands C.African Republic militia "terrorists" after peacekeeper killed Reuters 25 Mar 2014 BANGUI, March 25 (Reuters) - The African Union on Tuesday branded militia targeting Muslims in Central African Republic as "terrorists" and said they would be treated as enemy combatants, a day after a Congolese peacekeeper was killed. The statement suggested deepening international frustration at continuing violence in the impoverished and landlocked country

Dallaire: Canada must act in Central African Republic to avoid another Rwanda The Star, Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter Mar 21 2014 BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC—He was 12 years old when his older brother was shot dead, 14 when a militia recruited him, fed him drugs and put him on the front lines, and now at 16, he is trying to move past the fighting, as the crisis in his country worsens. Jean is one of the Central African Republic’s

'Demon of religious cleansing must be stopped' in Central African Republic, says UN High Commissioner Thomson Reuters March 6, 2014 Most Muslims have been expelled from the west of conflict-ravaged Central African Republic, where thousands of civilians are at risk of being killed "right before our eyes," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. Widespread violence in the former French colony has claimed thousands of lives

EU aims to deploy Central Africa mission by end-April World Bulletin/News Desk 19 March 2014 About 300 soldiers as well as special forces and police units had been committed to the EUFOR mission, but that it still lacked around 100 men and key logistical support before it could be deployed. The European Union wants to deploy troops to Central African Republic by the end of April, the general picked to lead the proposed mission said on Wednesday,