Vol 50 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Many rivers to cross 4th December 2009 President Bozizé is tipped to win the coming election, but much of the territory is beyond the control of his army Cheered to the rafters at his Kwa Na Kwa (KNK) party congress at Mbaiki on 13 November, President François Bozizé, 63, declined to confirm that he would stand...
Vol 50 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The rebels' disarming ambivalence 4th December 2009 Many armed groups exploit local grievances but none have national weight. Their submissions to the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme show they number hundreds, not thousands.
Vol 50 No 5 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The rebel's return 6th March 2009 With an armed attack on a police base in Batangafo, 390 kilometres north-west of Bangui, on 21-22 February, Abdoulaye Miskine relaunched the rebellion that he had abandoned...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 9 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICBRIEFING End of the line for Durbar 31st July 2009 A colourful Pakistani businessman, Saifee Durbar, faces extradition to France on fraud charges following the decision of the Central African Republic on 23 June to withdraw his 'honorific' title as Deputy...