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'Egregious Violations' of Rights Force Thousands to Flee - UN
allAfrica.com
- Monday, January 29, 2007
Around 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
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Doctors Without Borders Issues "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2006
Doctors Without Borders
- Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The staggering human toll taken by tuberculosis and malnutrition as well as the devastation caused by wars in the Central African Republic (CAR), Sri Lanka, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are among the "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2006, according to the year-end list released today by
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Dire Situation Needs Immediate Attention, Says UN Coordinator
allAfrica.com
- Monday, January 22, 2007
Fighting between unidentified groups in Central African Republic's crisis-ridden north has left one million people in need of humanitarian assistance, the majority of which have been directly exposed to conflict, said the country's Humanitarian Coordinator, Toby Lanzer, on
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UN Finds New Site for Thousands of Refugees From Central African Republic
allAfrica.com
- Sunday, December 17, 2006
The United Nations has started transferring to better sites in southern Chad thousands of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) who fled escalating violence in their own
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Army recaptures last rebel-held town
IRIN
- Saturday, December 16, 2006
The army has recaptured a town in the northeast of the Central African Republic, the last of several held by rebels since November, a spokesman for President François Bozize said on
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Government troops recapture rebel-held towns
IRIN
- Saturday, December 16, 2006
The Central African Republic army has recaptured two more towns in the north of the country that were occupied in November by rebels opposed to President François
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Army recaptures Birao
IRIN
- Saturday, December 16, 2006
Government troops backed by the French army have retaken the northern town of Birao a month after it was captured by forces of the Union des forces démocratiques pour le rassemblement, presidential press director Lord Esaie Nganamokoi said on Tuesday.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Concerns over food availability as rebels advance
IRIN
- Saturday, December 16, 2006
A humanitarian team on an assessment mission to Bria, northern Central African Republic, 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
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UN Issues Joint Appeal With Aid Groups to Alleviate Suffering
allAfrica.com
- Friday, December 15, 2006
United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today launched a joint appeal for $50 million to provide emergency food, shelter and health care to 1 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR), where rising insecurity and financial problems are taking an increasingly serious
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Sudan Repatriation Resumes From Ethiopia, CAR
Topix
- Thursday, December 14, 2006
Schlein report - Download 362k Listen to Schlein report The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees begins returning to south Sudan an estimated 11,000 refugees from Ethiopia, Wednesday, and another 8,000 ... Comment
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Africa: trailing in IP Per Capita
Global Voices Online
- Wednesday, December 06, 2006
White African posts a chart showing IP per capita in the world , “African countries represent the bottom of the chart. Actually, 8 of the bottom 10 are African countries (Madacascar, Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic, Burundi, Malawi, Ethiopia, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo). That’s not a good thing,
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CAR: France Military Support Against Rebels
Global Voices Online
- Wednesday, December 06, 2006
The blog of CAR presidential candidate Olivier Gabirault points to a Liberation article stating (Fr): “In 1997, Paris, linked to its former colony by a defense accord, disengaged by closing its two military bases (Bangui and Bouar) for economic reasons. Ten years later, French soldiers are
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Aid agencies told to suspend activities in Paoua town
IRIN
- Thursday, November 23, 2006
The 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
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Concern as civilians flee, government denies rebel capture of third town
IRIN
- Sunday, November 19, 2006
Humanitarian workers have expressed concern over the situation in northern Central African Republic, where anti-government rebels have claimed to have seized a third town, with civilians fleeing their homes to avoid being
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AU condemns fresh rebel raid on CAR village
Topix
- Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The African Union on Thursday roundly condemned this week's seizure by rebels of a town in the Central African Republic, close to strife-torn parts of neighbouring Chad and Sudan. Comment
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MSF planning medical mission to captured CAR town
Topix
- Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The French humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres is trying to send a medical team to a town in northeast Central African Republic occupied by rebels opposed to President Francois Bozize, MSF said on ... Comment
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Rebels Call for Dialogue After Capturing Key Town
allAfrica.com
- Monday, November 06, 2006
An alliance of three rebel groups that captured the Central African Republic town of Birao on Monday says it is ready to hold talks with the government to resolve the country's problems and avoid "useless
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UN Launches New Humanitarian Air Service in Central African Republic
allAfrica.com
- Monday, November 06, 2006
The United Nations today launched a new humanitarian air service in the Central African Republic (CAR) to help humanitarian agencies reach up to 1 million people affected by violence in the north of the
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Government in Plea for Help As Rebels Capture Key Town
allAfrica.com
- Monday, November 06, 2006
The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the international community to help it restore peace and order in its northern town of Birao. The town was captured by a rebel coalition calling itself the Union des Forces Démocratiques pour le Rassemblement on
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U.N. Aims to Curb Darfur Spillover
Topix
- Sunday, October 29, 2006
With the conflict in Darfur spilling into neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic, the United Nations said Friday it is sending a mission to both countries to look at operations to curb the escalating ... Comment
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