Vol 47 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC There goes the party 12th May 2006 Having lost his country, the exiled ex-President Ange-Félix Patassé is losing his party. At its general assembly on 4-6 June in Bangui, senior members of the Mouvement pour la Libé...
Vol 46 No 11 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bozizé's win 27th May 2005 Martin Ziguélé's gracious acceptance of defeat on 25 May may help avert potential conflicts after the decisive 65 per cent victory of General François Boziz&ea...
Vol 46 No 6 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC A putschist's progress 18th March 2005 The coup leader is making his way towards electoral legitimacy General François Bozizé's transformation from coup leader to bringer of democracy in the 13 March elections is a textbook guide for putschists. Since seizing power tw...
Vol 45 No 6 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Aristide's lavalas 19th March 2004 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 Fran&ccedi...
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 Bangui wa...
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...
Vol 43 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Unsuitable friends 6th December 2002 As donors trumpet their latest initiatives to bring Africa out of poverty, Central African Republic risks falling through the cracks.
Vol 43 No 19 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Our friends in the north 27th September 2002 Libyan troops make President Patassé feel more secure but he doesn't seem to trust anyone Though Central African Republic has now denied giving Libya a 99-year minerals lease, Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi is certainly getting valuable strategic benefits from providing sec...
Vol 43 No 16 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICLIBYA Patassé's pals 9th August 2002 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 Sorong...
Vol 43 No 7 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Enemy's enemy 5th April 2002 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 ...