Vol 44 No 14 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Leaving the door open 11th July 2003 The latest strongman needs democratic frontmen to bring aid and recognition It is a measure of the uncertainty and wariness surrounding the Central African Republic's new government that the Mozambican leader explained to the world on 6 July that...
Vol 44 No 6 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Enter Bozizé 21st March 2003 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...