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- Vol 45 No 6
- 19/03/2004
Aristide's lavalas
Suddenly everyone's going to Bangui. 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
- Vol 44 No 14
- 11/07/2003
Leaving the door open
The latest strongman needs democratic frontmen to bring aid and recognition
- Vol 44 No 6
- 21/03/2003
Enter Bozizé
General François Bozizé, Bangui's new strongman, has quickly consolidated after seizing power on 15 March. Government troops made no resistance as Bozizé's men swept in while President Ange-Félix Patassé was at a summit ...
- Vol 43 No 24
- 06/12/2002
Unsuitable friends
As donors trumpet their latest initiatives to bring Africa out of poverty, Central African Republic risks falling through the cracks.
- Vol 43 No 19
- 27/09/2002
Our friends in the north
Libyan troops make President Patassé feel more secure but he doesn't seem to trust anyone
- Vol 43 No 16
- 09/08/2002
Patassé's pals
President Ange-Félix Patassé has become even more dependent on the protection of Libya and its Bangui garrison, as last month's arrest of Finance Minister Eric Sorongopé-Zoumanji on corruption charges provokes continued rumblings in t...
- Vol 43 No 7
- 05/04/2002
Enemy's enemy
French troops may have withdrawn from Central African Republic but their barracks are now being taken over by Libyan and Sudanese troops. Even more bizarrely, some Paris officials have given their blessing to such adventures. This month, some 1,500 Sudane...
- Vol 42 No 22
- 09/11/2001
Pressing Patassé
President Ange-Félix Patassé seems to be suffering from the presidential paranoia where successful protégés become political threats; the prophecy may yet come true.
- Vol 42 No 12
- 15/06/2001
The Mobutu factor
Seen from the other bank of the Oubangui River, the failed putsch in the Central African Republic reflects Congo-Kinshasa's own internal conflict. About 200 Congolese rebel fighters from Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo's Mouvement de Libération du Congo, c...
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