Central african republic
African leaders grapple with failure to 'silence the guns'
But as leaders travel to Addis Ababa this weekend for the latest summit of the 55-member bloc, organised under the theme "Silencing the Guns", there is little...
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Former C.Africa leader returns after six-year exile
Michel Djotodia, 71, who resigned 10 months after seizing the presidency at the head of a Muslim rebellion in March 2013, landed on board a Royal Air Maroc flight from Casablanca via Douala in Cameroon. He had been living in exile in Benin.
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Russia wants end to embargo on C. Africa diamonds
Russia has made moves to strengthen its influence in the poor but strategic CAR in recent months, sending military instructors to the country and receiving mining concessions as part of a plan to boost its presence in Africa.
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Businesses in Central African union rue tough forex crackdown
The central African CFA union comprises former French colonies Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon and Central African Republic.
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C.Africa president defends peace deal despite clashes, defections
Thousands of people have been killed and about a fifth of the population of 4.5 million displaced in the wake of the 2013 coup.
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CAR militias abuse peace deal to tighten grip, say experts
A new report to the UN says impediments to peace range from attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers to 'doublespeak' from rebel forces, banditry and arms trafficking.
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Two AFP journalists beaten, detained in Central African Republic
Charles Bouessel, 28, and Florent Vergnes, 30, said they were held for more than six hours and questioned three times on Saturday after having been manhandled by members of the Central Office for the Suppression of Banditry (OCRB).
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CAR holds three days of mourning after massacre
The slaughter near Paoua was the biggest single loss of life since the government and 14 militias signed a deal in February aimed at restoring peace to one of Africa's most troubled countries.
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Russia to send soldiers to Central African Republic as part of UN force - decree
The decree said the Russian contingent would include military observers, staff officers and military communications specialists.
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Central African Republic reaches deal on new govt: African Union
The deal is the eighth attempt to bring peace to the conflict-wracked, impoverished state since 2012.
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11 militias in Central African peace deal demand PM’s ouster
The peace deal was signed in the CAR capital Bangui on 6 February after it had been concluded in negotiations in Sudan.
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As Kagame steps down, Egypt takes helm at African Union
The single market is a flagship of the AU's "Agenda 2063" programme, conceived as a strategic framework for socioeconomic transformation.
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Central African peace deal still not fully signed, says minister
The deal is the eighth attempt in nearly six years to forge peace in the war-ravaged country - one of the poorest in the world.
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Central African Republic 'repats' unfazed by poverty, conflict
CAR plunged into chaos after mainly Muslim insurgents called the Seleka overthrew President Francois Bozize, a Christian, in 2013, sparking the bloodiest sectarian violence in the country's history.
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Central Africa govt inks peace deal with 14 armed groups
The accord, the eighth since 2012, was initialled by President Faustin Archange Touadera for the CAR government, an AFP correspondent reported.
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Central African soccer executive faces war crimes judges in The Hague
Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, allegedly a former militia leader, was detained on 12 December while in France on official business, his lawyer told judges.
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France to extradite African football chief to war crimes tribunal
The International Criminal Court issued a warrant in December for Ngaissona for allegedly coordinating so-called anti-Balaka militias which emerged after civil war broke out in the Central African Republic in 2013.
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France ships 1,400 assault rifles to Central Africa army
French Defence Minister Florence Parly oversaw the handover at a ceremony at M'Polo military base in the capital Bangui.
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Becker drops claim on diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy
The three-time Wimbledon champion was declared bankrupt in 2017 over money owed to a bank.
