United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned the attack by members of the presidential guard of the Central African Republic (CAR) which wounded 10 Egyptian peacekeepers.
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The conclusion of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers descended into farce on Tuesday as Benin refused to play their decisive qualifier in Sierra Leone after local authorities declared six of their players to be COVID-19 positive.
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Monique Moukidje fled her home in Central African Republic's town of Bangassou in January when rebels attacked with heavy weapons, the fighting killing more than a dozen people.
``I ran away because the bullets have no eyes,'' the 34-year-old said (...)
A convoy of humanitarian aid reached the capital of Central African Republic on Monday - the first since attacks by rebel groups blocked a major transport route from Cameroon in January, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said.
A surge in violence linked (...)
More than 14% of polling stations in the Central African Republic failed to operate during Sunday's presidential and legislative election due to armed rebels who attacked voters and barred electoral staff, the electoral commission said on (...)
Voters went to the polls for Central African Republic's presidential and legislative elections after a campaign period marked by violence between rebels and government forces.
Despite calls from the opposition to delay the vote amid the insecurity, (...)
July 24 marked the end of the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
This was the DRC's ninth Ebola outbreak. In fact, the Ebola virus was first identified there in 1976. Previous outbreaks had been confined to (...)
VATICAN CITY, May 6, 2018 (AP) — Pope Francis has offered a prayer in St. Peter's Square for an end to violence in the deeply impoverished Central African Republic, which he visited 21⁄2 years ago.
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Ten more people have died from wounds sustained during Tuesday's attack on a church in Central African Republic, the Red Cross said on Thursday, bringing the toll to 26.
Unidentified armed assailants attacked the Notre Dame de Fatima church in the (...)
BANGUI, May 2,2018 (MENA) - A priest was among at least 16 people killed as new sectarian violence targeted a church, mosques and health facilities in Central African Republic's capital, an aid group, hospital and the United Nations said, The (...)
At least 15 people including a priest were killed and scores wounded in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Tuesday when unidentified gunmen attacked a church, a morgue official and rights groups said.
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Egypt on Wednesday offered its condolences to Mauritania over the death of one of its peacekeepers following an attack by militias that targeted a UN base in the Central African Republic early on Monday.
In an official statement, Egypt's foreign (...)
Christian militias stormed a UN base in southern Central Africa Republic early on Monday, killing one peacekeeper and wounding 11, the United Nations said.
At around 5 a.m. (0400 GMT), armed anti-balaka militants attacked the base in Tagbara, about (...)
Lionel Fotot once watched a crowd kill a 6-year-old Muslim boy with a machete. He can't shake the memories of the brutalities he witnessed as Central African Republic collapsed into sectarian violence.
So the young hip hop artist was heartened when (...)
At least 22 people have been killed in three days of fighting in a town in southeastern Central African Republic between rival armed militias, a member of parliament from the area and a local journalist said on Friday.
The clashes between armed (...)
Heavy fighting erupted Tuesday between armed groups in Central African Republic only hours after a peace deal was signed in Rome, aid officials said, while the United Nations warned that humanitarian aid was running out.
Thirteen of the 14 armed (...)
About 1,000 people held hostage since the weekend by armed militias in a mosque amid violent clashes in southeastern Central African Republic have been freed, U.N. officials said on Monday.
"I can confirm that the mosque is now empty. The last 250 (...)
Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid condemned on Friday an attack launched on a UN peacekeeping convoy in Central African Republic, which resulted in the death of two Moroccan soldiers.
In a statement issued by the ministry, Abu Zeid (...)
Three people were killed and six wounded in Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Monday when U.N. peacekeepers exchanged fire with armed men during a protest against the U.N. mission, the local Red Cross said.
The dead and wounded were among (...)
A US-based advocacy group said Wednesday that 98 girls in Central African Republic reported they were sexually abused by peacekeepers, and three girls told UN staff they were tied up by a French military commander and forced to have sex with a (...)
France will end its military intervention in the Central African Republic this year as it has achieved its objectives of restoring security to the country after three years of communal violence, the French defence minister said Wednesday.
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Electoral commissions in Uganda and the Central African Republic (CAR) announced the results of presidential elections held in the two landlocked countries, both critical races despite the seemingly different political conditions in each.
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Central Africans cast their ballots on Sunday in an election meant to restore democratic rule, determined to turn the page on years of bloodshed that has killed thousands and split the impoverished nation along religious and ethnic lines.
One of the (...)
Voters in the Central African Republic are optimistic Wednesday's (30.12.2015) poll will reunite a nation torn by sectarian strife. This is the third time elections are being held since independence from France in 1960.
The country has known only (...)
In a major feat for a country plagued by unrest, the people of Central African Republic queued up to vote in key elections. ‘We are voting in dignity and peace and I am proud,' the outgoing interim president said.
Voters in Central African Republic (...)