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Charity Suspends Mobile Clinic in Northeastern Province
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 14, 2008
édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended mobile clinic activities outside the main towns in northeastern Central African Republic's (CAR) Vakaga province, following the killing of a woman in one of its ... more
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Central African Republic: Woman Shot Dead In MSF Ambulance In Targeted Attack
Topix - Friday, March 14, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We are shocked and outraged that our patient's mother was shot" A woman was shot dead in a Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres ambulance, Monday, March 10, when an unidentified gunman fired on the vehicle in Vakaga Province in the northeast of the Central ... ... more
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LRA Rebels Abduct 80 in Central Africa
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 14, 2008
HE LRA have raided a remote border town in the Central African Republic and abducted more than 80 residents, according to a local ... more
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Brookings Institution: Armenia ranks 105 in weak states list
Topix - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Given the role that weak states can play as incubators and breeding grounds for transnational security threats, building state capacity ... should be a higher priority for U.S. policy" Using those indicators, Somalia, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo headed the list and were designated as "failed... more
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Urge your Senator or Representative to protect human rights in Darfur, Chad and CAR
Topix - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
p> Support House and Senate resolutions to secure the Darfur conflict region The human rights situation in Chad and the Central African Republic has grown significantly worse since a rebel attack on Chad's ... via Amnesty International USA ... more
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Uganda: Rebels, Defence Force Clash in Sudan
Topix - Sunday, March 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"None of those abducted have returned up to now" Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army have clashed with Ugandan Government troops in South Sudan, killing one UPDF soldier, the army spokesman has said. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Central African Republic: The plight of internally displaced people
Global Voices Online - Sunday, March 09, 2008
p> HDPT blog reports from the Central African Republic: “More than 2,700 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are currently living on a site near Kabo, Central African Republic, and new people are arriving every day. Returning from the site, a joint evaluation mission, including staff from OCHA and BONUCA, as... more
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EU Chad mission has first casualty
Topix - Friday, March 07, 2008
p> The EU military mission to Chad known as EUFOR and headed up by Irish general Pat Nash has suffered its first casualty. via Irish Independent ... more
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Clashes with army kill six, say rebels
Topix - Friday, March 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"On the enemy side, five soldiers were killed and eight injured. One APRD fighter was killed and two injured" A rebel group in Central African Republic said on Friday it had killed five government soldiers and lost one of its own men in clashes this week... more
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France to review Africa defence pacts
Topix - Wednesday, March 05, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We're starting again from scratch. We're putting everything on the table" French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy listens to a dressmaker during her visit of the Zenzele training and development centre in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. via Gulf Times ... more
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France blames Sudan over missing troop
Topix - Wednesday, March 05, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"They immediately gave their identity and were engaged." France on Tuesday pinned the blame on Sudanese forces for a shooting near the border with Chad that left one French soldier wounded and another missing - the first casualties for a troubled European ... via Sudan.net... more
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French peacekeeper missing amid Sudan-Chad clashes
Topix - Tuesday, March 04, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We're still trying to establish what the details are" A French peacekeeper was missing Tuesday and two Sudanese killed in clashes when foreign soldiers strayed into western Sudan as Khartoum warned EU troops in Chad they had no right to violate its borders. via Raw... more
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Austria deploys more peacekeepers to Chad for EU mission
Topix - Tuesday, March 04, 2008
p> Austria's Defense Ministry says a contingent of roughly 50 troops is on its way to Chad to take part in a European Union peacekeeping mission there. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Most Under Threat of Genocide and Mass Killing Are in Africa
Topix - Sunday, March 02, 2008
p> De Capua interview with Mark Lattimer De Capua interview with Mark Lattimer - Listen A new survey says over half of the top 20 countries in the world where people are most under threat of genocide or mass ... via Voice of America ... more
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Tens of thousands of Central Africans hiding in bush, UN official says
Topix - Friday, February 29, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"People have fled just 500 yards or 1000 yards from their villages" A major portion of the 200,000 people internally displaced within the Central African Republic - due to fear of armed groups - are hiding in the bush not far from their homes and international... more
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Tens of Thousands Hiding in Bush, UN Official Says
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
major portion of the 200,000 people internally displaced within the Central African Republic (CAR) - due to fear of armed groups - are hiding in the bush not far from their homes and international assistance must reach them there, a United Nations humanitarian official said ... more
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Cameroon: UN Provides More Food Aid For Camps
Topix - Thursday, February 28, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Hundreds more are awaiting screening by our teams and new arrivals are crossing the border every day" As many as 20,000 Chadian refugees who recently fled to northern Cameroon are receiving essential food items from the United Nations, as they begin to make their way from... more
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Editor Freed After Receiving Presidential Pardon
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 27, 2008
eporters Without Borders hails Faustin Bambou's release on 23 February 2008 following an announcement on the national radio station that he had been pardoned by President François Bozizé. The editor of the privately-owned weekly "Les Collines de l'Oubangui", Bambou spent six weeks in ... more
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Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq top index of weak states
Topix - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Given the role that weak states can play as incubators and breeding grounds for transnational security threats, building state capacity ... should be a higher priority for U.S. policy" Somalia, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq are the four weakest states in the world,... more
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Govt Protests Rebels' Move to CAR
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
HE government has sent a strong protest note to Dr Riek Machar, the mediator between the rebel LRA and Uganda condemning the recent relocation of rebel fighters to the Central African Republic ... more
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