Full Coverage: Central Africa

31.07.2007 As Uganda starts negotiating with the Democratic Republic of Congo about reparations for plundering its neighbour’s resources and committing atrocities there between 1996 and 2001, a senior official in Kampala has suggested the talks may end with no payment being made. Henry Wasswa reports.
From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

29.07.2007 Daratt (Dry Season) is the antithesis of Western film-making. Set in Chad after the country's lengthy civil war, it is slow, spare, measured, full of silences and ambiguities.

24.07.2007 Their mere presence gives hope to the population and deters some abuses, but UN peacekeepers must be more proactive in protecting Congolese civilians, said a refugee support group Monday. Renewed violence has forced 160,000 from their homes already this year.

17.07.2007 Despite a May promise to release underage fighters from military service, the Chadian government continues to use and recruit child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday.
From: Human Rights Watch