Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Population: 4.4 million
GDP: $2000 million
Debt: $51.1% of GDP
Overview: After bringing the two strongest armed oppositionists into his coalition, President François Bozizé will easily win national in April; the candidacy of ex-President Ange- Félix Patassé will split Bozizé's opponents.

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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French troops may have withdrawn from Central African Republic but their barracks are now being taken over by Libyan and Sudanese troops.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

Plot and panic

The rebels are beaten but the peace is precarious

  • 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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