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 in next year's presid...
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 hu...
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 in ear...
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 '...
Vol 49 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Dialogue of the deaf 28th November 2008 Fighting starts again, renewing the involvement of France and Libya in a familiar, intractable conflict Twelve government soldiers were killed on 13 November at Kabo in the north and the Central African Republic's long march towards peace halted again. The government of President Fra...
Vol 49 No 4 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICCHADEUROPEAN UNION Delays in deployment 15th February 2008 As fighting in Chad worsens, Lieutenant General Nash promises all EUFOR troops will be on the ground by mid-May The European Force in Chad and Central African Republic (EUFOR Chad/CAR) is due to be deployed between March and May, to protect refugees from Sudan's Darfur region and internally ...
Vol 48 No 25 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC At last, a possible peace 14th December 2007 Plagued by rebel factions and chronic political instability, President Bozizé may be ready to talk to his opponents At last there is hope of negotiation to end one of Africa's least known calamities and the multiple rebellions against President François Bozizé's regime. Armed bandi...
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...
