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Central African Republic
Population: 4.6 mn.
GDP: 2 bn.
Debt: 0.2 bn.
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The disputes over victories by President François Bozizé and his party in 2011's elections will entrench the political standoff with the opposition, dismissed by Bozizé as 'terrorists'. State salaries are unpaid and tolerance of government corruption is diminishing.

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  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

Mastering the militias

Under pressure from Chad, the President is neutralising the militias in the north, amid questions about whether the peace can last

  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

Baba Laddé: Robber or Robbin Hood?

While the armed groups in the Central African Republic boast grandiose titles including words such as ‘front’ and ‘people’, extortion is usually their raison d’être. Most are led by Peulh (Fulani) people. The Union des forces démocratiques pour le rassemb...

  • Vol 52 No 18
  •  9th September 2011

Making calls on the state

Observers are asking if a crackdown on a telecoms scandal signals a new approach to corruption

  • Vol 52 No 18
  •  9th September 2011

Bozizé slows down his takeover

After rigging the January elections and colonising the state apparatus with his relatives and members of a Gbaya elite, President François Bozizé Yangouvonda is applying the brakes after creditors, belatedly, made their concern felt. He is also reacting t...

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

The devil you know

The European Union backs a fraudulently elected President because it fears the consequences of his fall

  • Vol 52 No 12
  •  10th June 2011

Ritual killings spark riots

Three days of clashes in Bangui sparked by the discovery of the corpses of two young boys on 31 May, believed to have been ritually murdered, show the growing fragility of the regime of President François Bozizé. His security forces killed at least twelve...

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

The EU pays but keeps silent

Opposition candidates declared the first round of the presidential election on 23 January tainted (‘vicié’), putting President François Bozizé’s 64.7% share of the vote in doubt (AC Vol 51 No 25). The European Union, which had paid 60% of the cost of...

  • Vol 51 No 25
  •  17th December 2010

Amid the chaos, a sort of vote

Rebels, dissidents and their allies from across the region could turn the coming elections into a protracted battle for power

  • Vol 51 No 2
  •  22nd January 2010

Is Colonel Massi dead?

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 President François Bozizé. They say he perished in Bossembélé,...

  • Vol 50 No 24
  •  4th December 2009

Many rivers to cross

President Bozizé is tipped to win the coming election, but much of the territory is beyond the control of his army

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