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Govt Protests LRA's Relocation
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 25, 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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Uganda says rebels break truce, threaten talks
Topix - Monday, February 25, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I want these people out of Western Equatoria." Uganda accused Lord's Resistance Army rebels on Monday of breaking a truce by attacking civilians in Central African Republic, threatening apparent progress at talks to end one of the continent's longest wars. via AlertNet ... more
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Rebel Fighters Enter CAR
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 25, 2008
N estimated 189 fighters of the Joseph Kony-led Lord's Resistance Army have arrived in the Central African Republic, Daily Monitor has ... more
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Rebel Fighters Enter Country
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 25, 2008
N estimated 189 fighters of the Joseph Kony-led Lord's Resistance Army have arrived in the Central African Republic, Daily Monitor has ... more
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Actress Mia Farrow urges teachers in Madison to help Darfur
Topix - Saturday, February 23, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We don't really know how many have died. The United Nations count stopped at 200,000 because there is now no one to count the bodies" Actress Mia Farrow urged a group of teachers to help pressure China to exert political leverage on Sudan's government to help... more
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Sexual Violence Rife in Country
allAfrica.com - Saturday, February 23, 2008
ver 15 per cent of women and girls in the violence-ridden north of the Central African Republic (CAR) are victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said ... more
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Kids in Conflict
Topix - Friday, February 22, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Stronger action, including targeted sanctions, may be needed against persistent violators as well as more systematic procedures to follow up reports and ensure their implementation." ROME, FEB. 18, 2008 .-It's time to penalize those who use children in conflicts, the U.N. Security Council was told in... more
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Balkan tension, African turmoil top agenda at EU defense talks
Topix - Thursday, February 21, 2008
p> LJUBLJANA, Slovenia : Rising tension in the Balkans and turmoil in central Africa will top the agenda at a meeting of European Union defense ministers this week. via International Herald Tribune ... more
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Central Africa: Individual EPAs 'Do Not' Undermine Regional Integration
Topix - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Only the European Commission seems to have the audacity to claim otherwise." Central African countries have committed themselves to finalising an economic partnership agreement with the European Union by June this year. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Central African Republic-Chad: Car refugees not ready to return home
Topix - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The situation worsened in December and January when the levels of criminality and banditry in the region increased, leaving villages and entire stretches of road linking the two countries abandoned" GORA<, 15 February 2008 - Around 6,000 refugees from Central African Republic have arrived in the... more
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Central African Republic: Farmers struggle to rebuild lives
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
p>HDPT Central African Republic blog on the challenges faced by Central African Republic farmers : “Affected by years of relentless fighting in the North West, Central African farmers now face great difficulties to maintain their livelihood. Their seeds and tools have been destroyed by the repeated assaults of bandits,... more
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UN: 13 Countries Recruit and Use Child Soldiers
Topix - Monday, February 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"There is no credible deterrence without real sanctions." The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, a senior UN official said. via The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine ... more
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UN: Darfur Refugees Kept From Chad Camp
Topix - Sunday, February 17, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We want the international community to look for another country so that the Sudanese can leave. If they cannot do it, we are going to do it." N'DJAMENA, Chad - Gunmen prevented humanitarian workers from moving traumatized, new arrivals from neighboring Sudan's Darfur region to a... more
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Ugandan rebels seen heading to Central African Republic
Topix - Friday, February 15, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Those are stories cooked up by those who are against peace returning to northern Uganda, we urge them to stop such damaging talk" Hundreds of Ugandan rebels have left an assembly point on the Sudan-Congo border and were heading towards the Central African Republic , a... more
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French Minister Hails EU Force in Chad
Topix - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It will be the most important European mission since the beginning of the EU" France's foreign minister hailed Tuesday's resumed deployment of a much-awaited European Union peacekeeping force in Chad, where a rebellion had halted the troop movement. The fighting earlier this month forced EU... more
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Agencies Scramble to Fight Meningitis
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
id agencies and the authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have joined forces to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people at risk of meningitis in the northwest of the country, officials ... more
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Meningitis Threatens One Million
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
p to one million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are at risk from a meningitis epidemic sweeping across the northwest of their country, and overwhelmed local health authorities do not have enough vaccine stocks to meet demands, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... more
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Meningitis Epidemic Threatens One Million, Say UN Officials
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
p to one million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are at risk from a meningitis epidemic sweeping across the northwest of their country, and overwhelmed local health authorities do not have enough vaccine stocks to meet demands, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... more
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Central Africa Republic: Extra-judicial executions investigated
Global Voices Online - Monday, February 11, 2008
p>HDPT Central African Republic blog writes about investigations of extra-judicial executions : “Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions visited the Central African Republic to inquire into extra-judicial executions in the recent past.” ... more
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Thousands Are Reported to Flee Chad's Capital
Topix - Monday, February 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"They are at the end of a very tenuous aid lifeline that flows through Ndjamena" NDJAMENA, Chad - Shelling and small arms fire erupted here in this capital on Monday, the third day of fighting between government troops and rebel forces, as thousands of residents fled... more
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