Christian-Muslim marriages are latest casualty of sectarian strife in Central African Republic The Washington Post, by Sudarsan Raghavan March 17 2014 BANGUI, Central African ­Republic — The door is unhinged and the rooms are bare, signs of that afternoon when Christian vigilantes arrived at Henriette Oumpo’s mud-brick house to kill her husband. “They broke down the door,” she recalled, her face etched in grief, “and they began searching

Central African Republic: Continuing deep concern for civilians ICRC Bulletin No. 04/2014, 7 March 2014 The widespread absence of security, caused by the conflict, and rising crime are exacerbating an already disastrous situation for thousands of people. The ICRC and the Central African Red Cross Society are continuing to respond to the most urgent needs. In certain parts of the Central African Republic – for example, in the west, around Kaga Bandoro,

U.N. proposes Central African Republic peacekeeping force Reuters, By Louis Charbonneau Mar 3, 2014   (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday proposed a nearly 12,000-strong peacekeeping force for conflict-ravaged Central African Republic that would have a "robust mandate" and initially focus on protecting civilians. The recommendation was included in a report from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the 15-nation Security Council. Ban has previously

Central African Republic: Over 76,000 People Displaced From Central African Republic Into Chad Facing Crisis All Africa 4 MARCH 2014 N'djamena/Dakar — As the humanitarian crisis in Central African Republic continues to spill over into neighboring countries, UNICEF is raising the alert that more than 76,000 people, mostly women and children, fleeing the violence from CAR into Chad are in urgent need of additional assistance. "In the displacement

The hellish descent of the Central African Republic An escalating cycle of bloodshed has left tens of thousands dead and entire communities displaced in the Central African Republic. Peacekeeping forces have so far failed to stop the terror The Telegraph, Peter Bouckaert February 19, 2014 The death records of the Bangui morgue in the Central African Republic read like a chapter out of Dante’s Inferno: page after page of people killed by machetes,

As Genocide Looms The New York Times, by the editorial board February 17, 2014 The Central African Republic is on the verge of being torn apart by the rampages of Christian and Muslim militias and civilian mobs. Since French and African Union troops arrived there in December with a United Nations-sanctioned mission to prevent mass murder, the situation has degenerated alarmingly. The United Nations estimates that 2.5 million people, more than half

Tens of thousands of Muslims flee Christian militias in Central African Republic Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post February 7 BANGUI, Central African Republic – Tens of thousands of Muslims are fleeing to neighboring countries by plane and truck as Christian militias stage brutal attacks, shattering the social fabric of this war-ravaged nation. In towns and villages as well as here in the capital, Christian vigilantes wielding machetes have

EU approves the deployment of multinational troops to the Central African Republic WPJ January 26, 2014   On Monday, January 20th, 2014, foreign ministers of the 28-nation European Union agreed to send a multinational force of around 500 troops to assist French and African troops trying to stop religious violence in the Central African Republic (CAR). The latest cycle of tit-for-tat sectarian attacks have been going on in the Central African Republic,

Genocide Warning: Central African RepublicBy Katelyn Nawoyski03 April 2013The political background for the current crisis in the Central African Republic is described in Genocide Watch’s Country Report of 2012. The Central African Republic was part of French Equatorial Africa and became independent in 1960. French authorities gave preference in education to ethnic groups near Bangui, the capital. This created an elite among the Southern Riverine