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Concern As Civilians Flee, Government Denies Rebel Capture of Third Town
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
umanitarian workers have expressed concern over the situation in northern Central African Republic (CAR), where anti-government rebels have claimed to have seized a third town, with civilians fleeing their homes to avoid being ... more
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Kony Not Secure, Says UN Chief
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
EBEL leader Joseph Kony has told visiting U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland that he is not secure in his jungle hideout on the South Sudan-DR Congo ... more
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Displaced Civilians Flock to Town Targeted By Rebels
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
large number of civilians displaced by rebel activity in northern Central African Republic (CAR) have in the past three days flocked into the mining town of Bria, where the army and forces of Central African States Economic Community (CEMAC) have sent troops and materials to halt the ... more
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Concerns Over Food Availability As Rebels Advance
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
humanitarian team on an assessment mission to Bria, northern Central African Republic (CAR), found a shortage of meat in the area, a sign that most of its cattle-breeding residents had fled because of rebel activity, a United Nations official said on ... more
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Embattled Chad Offers Assistance of Stretched Army
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
ith humanitarian groups sounding the alarm about the violence in eastern Chad near Sudan, the Chadian government has proposed sending troops south to neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) to battle rebels there who it said are being backed by ... more
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Aid Agencies Told to Suspend Activities in Paoua Town
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he army of the Central African Republic has told aid agencies to suspend their activities in the northwestern town of Paoua until military operations against armed groups in the area are over, the military and aid agency officials said on ... more
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'Egregious Violations' of Rights Force Thousands to Flee - UN
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
round 40,000 people in the impoverished Central African Republic (CAR) have been forced to flee their homes because of summary executions and ethnic violence, a joint United Nations mission reported today, as the world body's top aid official warned of the appalling suffering from these "egregious violations of human ... more
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LRA Off to Central African Republic
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
UNDREDS of Lord's Resistance Army rebels are fleeing their bases in South Sudan and Congo towards the Central African Republic, a London-based former South Sudan official reported, citing impeccable sources around the Sudan-CAR ... more
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Kony Heads to Central African Republic
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
t least 40 LRA rebels have crossed into the Central African Republic, where they have joined a rebel group that is fighting the Government in Bangui, according to security sources. They also looted food and drugs from Yangiri ... more
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Kony, Otti Enter Central African Rep.
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
ore than 400 fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), led by their leaders Joseph Kony and Vincent Otti, have entered the Central African Republic, the army has ... more
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Leaders Denounce Rebels
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he three heads of states have vowed not to support rebellion of any ... more
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Actress Pleads for Aid to 'Desperate' People
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
umanitarian assistance is crucial to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of "utterly neglected" and "desperate" people affected by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad, actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Mia Farrow said today, upon returning from a visit to... more
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Rape Survivors Struggle to Cope
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic (CAR) does what it can to keep going, but morale is low and money ... more
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Central Africa: Struggling to Undo the Damage of Sexual Violence
Topix - Tuesday, April 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"What we want is security...let our cursed sisters who were raped, brutalised, traumatised and bereaved have peace of mind and the hope of being women, mothers, and grandmothers" The Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic does... more
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Open Season for Bandits
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 31, 2008
nown variously as coupeurs de routes (highwaymen), Zaraguina or simply bandits, criminal gangs who kill, kidnap for ransom, loot and set fire to homes now pose the greatest threat to civilians in the north of the Central African Republic ... more
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Uganda: LRA Denies Abductions as Kony Arrives for Deal
Topix - Monday, March 31, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We cannot confirm it is official LRA - it could be a dissident branch" The Lord's Resistance Army has denied being behind the abductions and rape committed in Central African Republic committed last month. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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LRA Abducts 150 in Central African Republic
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 31, 2008
ore than 150 people have been abducted in the Central African Republic (CAR), in raids that officials have blamed on the Lord's Resistance Army ... more
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Rebels take 150 people hostage
Topix - Saturday, March 29, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"In as much as we can confirm that the attacks actually took place, we were unable to identify who the perpetrators were, partly because of the fact that several armed groups with similar modus operandi are present in the region" Rebel fighters attacked villages in the... more
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UN Envoy Meets With President On New Force
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 28, 2008
he United Nations' top envoy for Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) has consulted with CAR President François Bozizé on deployment of an innovative peacekeeping mission in the two countries, a UN spokesperson said ... more
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Gunmen hold 55 children abducted in CAR: U.N.
Topix - Friday, March 28, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We were unable to identify who the perpetrators were, partly because several armed groups with similar modus operandi are present in the area" Gunmen are holding 55 children captured in raids on villages in Central African Republic, the United Nations said on Friday, weeks after attacks... more
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