Rapports

BANGUI, 1 April (IRIN) - Francois Bozize and his fighters met little resistance as they carried out a successful coup on 15 March against the Central African Republic president, Ange-Felix Patasse. As a wave of massive looting engulfed Bangui, the self-declared…

BANGUI, 1 April (IRIN) - Prime Minister Abel Goumba of the Central African Republic named his 28-member transitional government on Monday, comprising representatives of civil society and all political parties. He also promised to restructure financial services and pay civil…

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) Central African Republic President General Francois Bozize has fulfilled the first phase of his program by appointing a 27-member transitional government in Bangui Monday. His cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Abel Goumba, a staunch opponent of…

Bossongo -- It was only a few years ago that the women of the village of Bossongo in the Central African Republic had to walk several miles to fetch water from the village's only well. Once at the well,…

NAIROBI, 31 March (IRIN) - The Ugandan government has denied that the former president of Central African Republic, Andre Kolingba, is in exile in Kampala, according to the Ugandan state-owned New Vision. An official of Kolingba's party told IRIN on 24…

BANGUI, 27 March (IRIN) - About 168 mt of maize flour belonging to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has arrived in the Central African Republic capital (CAR), Bangui, from the Cameroon port of Douala, WFP officials said on…

BANGUI, 27 mars (IRIN) - Environ 168 tonnes de farine de maïs envoyées par le Programme alimentaire mondial de l'ONU (PAM) depuis le port de Douala au Cameroun, sont arrivées dans la capitale de la République centrafricaine (RCA), Bangui,…

BANGUI, 27 March (IRIN) - The 31-member Equatorial Guinea contingent of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC) peacekeeping force left the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday. The spokesman for the CEMAC force, Col Augustin Bibaye, told…

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) The new strongman in Central African Republic, Gen. Francois Bozize, who earlier met with political parties, dignitaries and businesspeople in the capital, was in church last Sunday to ask for God's blessings in view of…

BANGUI, Central African Republic, March 26 (UNHCR) - In the wake of a recent coup in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN refugee agency resumed its work in the capital on Tuesday but was unable to help hundreds…