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Vol 43 No 7 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Enemy's enemy 5th April 2002 French troops may have withdrawn from Central African Republic but their barracks are now being taken over by Libyan and Sudanese troops.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 ...
Vol 42 No 22 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Pressing Patassé 9th November 2001 President Ange-Félix Patassé seems to be suffering from the presidential paranoia where successful protégés become political threats; the prophecy may y...
Vol 42 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Plot and panic 15th June 2001 The rebels are beaten but the peace is precarious The rebels have been put to flight. Political support has come from France and from several African governments. The elected President, Ange-Félix Patassé, seems more...
Vol 42 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The Mobutu factor 15th June 2001 Seen from the other bank of the Oubangui River, the failed putsch in the Central African Republic reflects Congo-Kinshasa's own internal conflict. About 200 Congolese rebel fighter...