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...