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  • FILE: Looters run for cover as they hear rifle shots near the 'Reconciliation crossroad' in Bangui, on 11 January, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Security clampdown in CAR

    The new interim leader has ordered troops to shoot troublemakers ‘at point blank range'.

    3050 days ago
  • Looters run for cover as they hear rifle shots near the 'Reconciliation crossroad' in Bangui, on January 11, 2014. Picture: AFP

    CAR: Bangui tense as Djotodia goes into exile

    The former president left for exile in Benin after stepping down as part of a drive to restore order.

    3053 days ago
  • Central African Republic's self-appointed president, Michel Djotodia. Picture: AFP.

    CAR president, PM resign

    Regional leaders put pressure on Djotodiam who came to power only nine months ago.

    3055 days ago
  • Central African Republic's self-appointed president Michel Djotodia. Picture: AFP.

    CAR leader to know his fate this week

    French and African troops deployed in the country have struggled to stop tit-for-tat violence.

    3056 days ago
  • Hundreds of people tried to flee inter-religious violence in CAR on Saturday aboard emergency flights. Picture: AFP

    Hundreds try to flee Central African Republic

    Hundreds of people tried to flee inter-religious violence in CAR on Saturday aboard emergency flights.

    3067 days ago
  • Muslim Seleka and Christian militias have carried out tit-for-tat attacks on each other.

    44 bodies recovered in CAR

    Muslim Seleka and Christian militias have carried out tit-for-tat attacks on each other.

    3069 days ago
  • FILE: Rebels of the SELEKA coalition in the Central African Republic near the city of Damar, 10 January 2013. Picture: AFP.

    EU bans arms exports to CAR

    The EU ban covers financial and technical assistance, including mercenary personnel.

    3072 days ago
  • CAR interim leader Michel Djotodia is weighing a possible amnesty for militias involved in violence. Picture: AFP.

    Djotodia steps in to save CAR

    Interim leader Michel Djotodia is weighing a possible amnesty for militias involved in violence.

    3080 days ago
  • FILE: France Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday 15 December they plan to ask for more help from european partners to bolster their peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. Picture: AFP.

    CAR: France to seek more aid

    France has deployed 1,600 troops to the troubled African country to prevent escalating bloodshed.

    3081 days ago
  • More than 10, 000 people are said to have been displaced in the capital Bangui. Picture: AFP

    Religious leaders seek calm in the CAR conflict

    More than 10, 000 people are said to have been displaced in the capital Bangui.

    3084 days ago
  • Despite good harvests and rainfall, conflicts and rapid population growth have crippled Africa's Sahel region. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    16m at risk of hunger in Sahel region

    Despite good harvests and rainfall, conflicts and rapid population growth have crippled the area.

    3084 days ago
  • FILE: French soldiers patrol through the streets of Bangui, on December 6, 2013. Picture: AFP.

    France to start disarming CAR fighters

    Relative calm returned to Bangui following three days of heavy fighting.

    3087 days ago
  • Rebels in the northern Central African Republic (CAR). Picture: AFP.

    French, African troops try to halt CAR killings

    Gunfire in the Central African Republic eased but attacks on civilians continued.

    3088 days ago
  • French soldiers patrol through the streets of Bangui on 6 December 2013. Picture: AFP.

    Death toll mounts in CAR

    Violence between militias continued despite the presence of French troops.

    3089 days ago
  • French President Francois Hollande vowed that the French operation would be limited in time. Picture: AFP

    France intervenes to halt CAR unrest

    Francois Hollande vowed that the French operation would be limited in time.

    3090 days ago
  • FILE: Central African Republic's self-appointed president, Michel Djotodia. Djotodia seized control of country after thousands of his rebel fighters swept into the riverside capital on 24 March 2013 ousting President Francois Bozize. Picture: AFP.

    Clashes erupt in CAR

    Central African Republic has suffered series attacks from militia groups demanding control of resources.

    3091 days ago
  • FILE: Rebels of the Seleka coalition in the Central African Republic in January 2013. Picture: AFP.

    UN: 12 killed in CAR attack

    The United Nations didn’t divulge the details of who was behind the attacks.

    3092 days ago
  • Central African Republic's self-appointed president, Michel Djotodia. Djotodia seized control of country after thousands of his rebel fighters swept into the riverside capital on 24 March 2013 ousting President Francois Bozize. Picture: AFP.

    CAR leader denies genocide threat

    Michel Djotodia denies European claims the CAR was on the brink of genocide and inter-religious war.

    3095 days ago
  • The resolution proposes an initial one-year arms embargo. Picture: AFP.

    UN considers sanctions on CAR

    The resolution proposes an initial one-year arms embargo.

    3099 days ago
  • Rebels of the Seleka coalition in the Central African Republic patrol on a road 12kms from the city of Damar, on January 10, 2013. Picture: AFP

    The Africa Report: 26 November

    EWN’s Africa Correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish reports on the day’s top African news

    3100 days ago
  • French President François Hollande. Picture: Reinart Toerien.

    France to send more troops to CAR

    French foreign ministry says the troops would be sent once it gets UN approval.

    3100 days ago
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