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Central and East Africa : IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 398 for 8 - 14 September 2007
Topix - Wednesday, September 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There is no risk that the whole country will be affected" NAIROBI, 15 September 2007 - Central and East Africa: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 398 for 8 - 14 September 2007 CONTENTS: CAR: Civilians bear brunt of abuses in conflict - HRW DRC: Call to address sexual... more
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Troops 'kill civilians'
Topix - Tuesday, September 18, 2007
p> Government troops have committed the worst atrocities of a simmering conflict in the Central African Republic, burning villages, killing civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes, a human ... via Guardian Unlimited ... more
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Villagers massacred - rights body
Topix - Monday, September 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Killings have continued up until last month." Central African Republic urged to discipline presidential forces SOLDIERS in the Central African Republic have massacred hundreds of people and burned villages, forcing civilians to flee, during a ... via The Daily Dispatch ... more
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Fifa Updates On African 2010 Qualifiers
allAfrica.com - Sunday, September 16, 2007
ao Tome and Principe and the Central African Republic will not be taking part in the African qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South ... more
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Elite African Guard Unit Accused of Atrocities
Topix - Sunday, September 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Suggesting Darfur is the catalyst ignores the reality of the conflict in northern C.A.R. and obscures the issue of responsibility and accountability for human rights abuses" An elite presidential guard unit of the military in the Central African Republic is primarily responsible for countless atrocities committed... more
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Confronting the LRA Threat in the Great Lakes Region
allAfrica.com - Saturday, September 15, 2007
WO events last month have left observers of the Juba peace process asking questions, one; in early August President Yoweri Museveni invited his counterpart from Central Africa Republic (CAR) François Bozize and asked "if necessary" to allow Uganda deploy to fight Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) ... more
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CAR Government Accused of Abuses
Topix - Saturday, September 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Troops arrive in villages and indiscriminately fire into the civilian population, forcing them to flee before burning down their homes, sometimes looting them first" Government troops have been responsible for the worst atrocities of a simmering conflict in Central African Republic, burning down villages, executing civilians... more
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Tens of Thousands Uprooted By Violence in North
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 14, 2007
ncreased violence has driven tens of thousands of people from their homes in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR) near the border with Chad, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said ... more
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Chad/CAR: Thousands Flee Violence Along Border
Topix - Friday, September 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are approaching the harvest in the coming weeks, and people need to get to their fields. If not, hunger will inevitably follow" From United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The entire population of some 12,000 people has now fled from their homes... more
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Government Forces Kill Hundreds
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 14, 2007
overnment troops, notably the elite Presidential Guard, have carried out hundreds of unlawful killings and burned thousands of civilian homes since mid-2005 in their counterinsurgency campaign in northern Central African Republic (CAR), a new report by Human Rights Watch ... more
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Civilians Bear Brunt of Abuses in Conflict - Report
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 14, 2007
uman Rights Watch (HRW) has accused government troops in the Central African Republic (CAR) of killing hundreds of civilians and torching the homes of thousands in an operation against insurgents since 2005, the watchdog stated in a report released on 14 ... more
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EU force must halt abuse, HRW says
Topix - Thursday, September 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The widespread burning of homes by government security forces is the signature abuse of the conflict" A European Union peacekeeping force to be deployed in Central African Republic must act to halt the killing of hundreds of civilians by government troops there since mid-2005, Human Rights... more
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Gombele seeks to empower the marginalised
Topix - Thursday, September 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I knew no one in Jamaica and spoke no English, but I preferred to come here instead of going home" Dr. Bongelo Gombele in office. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer AS HE sat in the lobby of The Gleaner 's editorial department, Bongelo Gombele subconsciously toyed with... more
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EU okays Chad force plan to aid Darfur refugees
Topix - Tuesday, September 11, 2007
p> The European Union approved outline military plans on Tuesday for the deployment of an EU mission in Chad to help protect refugees from Sudan's Darfur conflict, an EU official said. via AlertNet ... more
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Death in Darfur
Topix - Monday, September 10, 2007
p> "THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK : Bearing Witness to Genocide in Darfur," is as gripping and horrific as any title that will be published this year on the atrocities in Sudan. via Express ... more
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Central African Republic: UN backed radio strives for national coverage
Topix - Sunday, September 09, 2007
p> Central African Republic: UN backed radio strives for national coverage Text of report by state-owned Central African Republic radio on 5 September Now it's over to Athanase Karayenga of Fondation Hirondelle ... via MT Shortwave Central ... more
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Chad: Ban to Push for Peacekeepers
Topix - Saturday, September 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The reaction of the Sudanese government has been a very positive one and we have no reason to be worried or concerned" While attention is focused on United Nations peacekeeper deployment in Sudan and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit there, analysts say getting peacekeepers into... more
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Moroccan crackdown strands African migrants
Topix - Saturday, September 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We used to deal with fixed locations, and now we're dealing with mobile communities" Antonio, 29, left Ghana eight months ago after his mother died and his father begged him to help support his three siblings. via Free Republic ... more
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Chad supports planned Darfur peace talks, may host preparatory meeting
Topix - Friday, September 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We talk about a spillover of the Darfur crisis into Chad. It's not just a spillover" N'DJAMENA, Chad : The U.N. chief won Chad's backing for a Darfur peace conference during a visit Friday to this poverty-stricken central African nation that has been severely affected by... more
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France to Host U.N. Africa Summit
Topix - Thursday, September 06, 2007
p> France said Wednesday it would host a high-level summit in New York later this month to discuss peace and security issues in Africa. via Happy News ... more
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