Full Coverage: Central African Republic

23.04.2008 Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been abducted by Uganda's rebel Lord’s Resistance Army in recent weeks.

08.08.2007 Some of the world’s most unstable and violent countries surround the Central African Republic: Sudan, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo. And although CAR faces an humanitarian crisis as severe as its neighbors, it is not receiving the attention it needs from the international community.

14.06.2007 Dopo l'uccisione, lunedì scorso, della cooperante Elsa Serfass di 27 anni di Medici senza Frontiere (Msf) nel nord-ovest della Repubblica Centrafricana, l'organizzazione umanitaria ha sospeso tutte le attività mobili nella zona. "Il futuro delle nostre operazioni di soccorso nella regione dipenderà dal risultato delle discussioni con tutte le parti in conflitto e dalla successiva valutazione circa la possibilità di potere continuare a lavorare". I responsabili dichiarati dell'uccisione della cooperante sono miliziani del movimento ribelle ‘Esercito popolare per la restaurazione della democrazia’ (Aprd) che erano stati informati dell’arrivo in zona della missione. Anche il responsabile dell’Ufficio per il coordinamento degli Affari umanitari delle Nazioni Unite (Ocha) aveva comunicato ieri l’interruzione delle attività umanitarie dell’ONU nel nord-ovest.

24.05.2007 Leading UK aid charities launched an emergency appeal today to save lives in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic.

21.05.2007 DENVER, May 21 (OneWorld) - Thousands of children in the African nations of Chad and the Central African Republic could be turning from the battlefield to the blackboard as a result of international negotiations over the past two weeks.

30.03.2007 Attempting to crush a rebel movement, the Central African Republic's army has been burning civilian houses in violation of humanitarian law, charges a refugee support group. Approximately 250,000 Central Africans have been displaced in successive waves of violence since 2003.

12.03.2007 A high-level UN human rights team today accused the Sudanese government of orchestrating and participating in "large-scale international crimes" in Darfur. But the conflict is also affecting Chad and the Central African Republic. Gérard Prunier says that although all three countries have agreed to respect each other’s territorial integrity, the diplomatic activity conceals an international political deadlock over potential oil wealth.
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10.01.2007 Tuberculosis, malnutrition, and the devastation of wars in the Central African Republic, Sri Lanka, and the Congo are profoundly affecting millions of people yet remain almost invisible in the U.S. media, says Médecins Sans Frontières.

19.12.2006 Fighting in Darfur and Chad has made its way into the Central African Republic, a country already beset by poverty and political instability. Humanitarian groups and human rights agencies must establish a presence to protect the vulnerable people there, says Refugees International.

02.11.2006 Central African Republic rebels have offered to sit down with the country's president--who they accuse of ruling on an ethnic basis--to resolve the country's problems and avoid "useless bloodshed."

01.11.2006 Kongon demokraattisen tasavallan sunnuntaiset vaalit sujuivat rauhallisesti. Siitä pohjoiseen sijaitsevien kolmen valtion, Keski-Afrikan tasavallan, Sudanin ja Tsadin, alueet ovat kuitenkin konfliktin vallassa. Ainakin osasyynä tähän on Sudanin Darfurin alueen tilanteen heijastuminen naapurimaihin.

31.10.2006 As the Democratic Republic of the Congo pulled off largely peaceful elections Sunday, conflict is simmering in the tri-nation region to its north, at least in part because of the ongoing fighting in Sudan's Darfur region.

05.07.2006 "There are long stretches of empty roads in the Central African Republic where every village has been deserted. Occasionally we see a bag on the road, dropped suddenly when someone fled into the forest at the sound of a coming vehicle."

19.04.2006 "Even the sound of a car made people run into the bush. This pervasive fear amongst the population is what struck me the most," says Simon Collins, a doctor working in the Central African Republic.

10.03.2005 As the citizens of the Central African Republic go to the polls to choose a new president and parliament this weekend, experts differ on whether it is a step toward true democracy.

04.08.2003 The Central African Republic has got a grant from Japan for rehabilitating its radio and TV stations. The restoration will be done over a period of time: in the first phase the station buildings will be repaired and the second phase will see the installation of new equipment.

17.06.2003 Il Kimberly Process, nato da un accordo internazionale volto a porre fine al commercio di diamanti "insanguinati", cioè utilizzati per finanziare conflitti armati, ha effettuato in questi giorni la sua prima missione ufficiale.

03.06.2003 Lors d'une évaluation des réfugiés de Goré, à 25 km de la frontière entre le Tchad et la République centrafricaine, Médecins sans frontières a constaté que 30 % des enfants de moins de 5 ans sont au seuil d'une malnutrition aiguë. Pourtant, aucune nourriture n'est disponible. Actuellement, 41 000 personnes vivent une situation désespérée. MSF demande aux Nations unies, de faire face à leurs responsabilités pour aider et protéger les populations en danger avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

06.05.2003 Schools reopened in the Central African Republic yesterday after a six-month strike by teachers demanding immediate partial payment of 32-month salary arrears.

04.04.2003 In Congo è stato approvato dai rappresentanti di tutte le parti coinvolte nel cosiddetto 'dialogo intracongolese' l'accordo per un nuovo Governo e la Costituzione provissori che dovrebbero portare la Repubblica democratica del Congo (Rdc) fino a nuove libere elezioni, le prime dopo l'indipendenza dal Belgio nel 1960.