Vol 37 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Echoes of Zaïre 29th November 1996 Bangui's latest mutiny sends a worrying message to its southern neighbour Bearing little comfort from his Paris trip, President Ange-Félix Patassé flew home on 25 November to an army mutiny in its eleventh day, with French troops holding a...
Vol 37 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Mutineers' mistake 7th June 1996 Two military uprisings within a month have thoroughly destabilised the government of President Ange-Félix Patassé. On 18 May the leaders of the April mutiny, headed by Adjutant (Sergeant...
Vol 37 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Angel on a pinhead 10th May 1996 A small mutiny caused a big panic and reasserted French influence in Bangui President Ange-Félix Patassé in his Sango-language speeches vaunts his nationalism and his refusal to take orders from Paris, as his predecessors did. Yet when angry soldiers broke out...