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...
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...
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...
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 bandits and two...
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...
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 Bozizé in the second...
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 two years ago,...
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 François Bozizé's door
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...
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 swept in while President Ange-Félix...