Deploring Recent Violence, UN Envoy Says ‘Dialogue Is Only Way Out of This Crisis’
Following a series of incidents earlier this week in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui, the top United Nation official in the crisis-riven country strongly deplored the use of violence to resolve differences and had called on all Central Africans to exercise restraint “to avoid an increase of violence with serious consequences.” In […]
Clashes in Central African Republic Force Thousands to Seek Refuge At UN Peacekeeping Base
Clashes between rival militias in the past few days have forced several thousand people to flee their homes in the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bambari and seek shelter at a former cotton factory inside the compound of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, the UN refugee agency said today. “We are extremely concerned by […]
UN Forces Sexually Abused 3 Minor Females In Central African Republic
Members of the the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been accused of sexually abusing three young females, including a minor. The latest allegations follow the sacking last week of the UN’s CAR envoy amid multiple allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. The UN said that alleged rapes occurred on […]
UN Sounds Warning On Central African Republic Humanitarian Crisis
The Central African Republic is geared to become one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time if immediate action is not taken to increase aid to the country, according to the UN. Aurelien Agbenonci, from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for CAR, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that if […]
Zambian Army UN Peacemakers Ship Equipment to the Central African Republic
The Zambian Army is currently busy with the shipment of equipment and supplies through the port of Walvis Bay to the Central African Republic (CAR) where the country is part taking in the UN peacekeeping mission. Zambia deployed a contingent of 500 peacekeeping troops to the Central African Republic. The troops have been drawn from […]
Pope Francis Sets Terms For His Visit To Uganda
Pope Francis has told the Uganda government the things he wants and does not want during his visit in Uganda in November. Sources in the Catholic Church and in the Office of the Prime Minister have confirmed to this newspaper that the Vatican outlined the type of reception to be accorded to the Pontiff during […]
Fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony suffering from diabetes
The fugitive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army is sickly and in retreat from an international manhunt that includes U.S. forces, a Ugandan military spokesman said Monday, citing the accounts of recent defectors who are backing up reports that the rebel group is in decline. Joseph Kony is possibly suffering from diabetes, according to defectors […]
Pope to visit Uganda and Central African Republic in November
Pope Francis will come to Uganda and also go to the Central African Republic in November on his first visit to Africa, the Vatican announced Friday. The Argentinian pontiff has said several times in recent months that he intended to travel to Africa this year. “If God permits it I will be in Africa in […]
Central African Republic Defence Minister Thanks Angola Support
The Defence minister of the Central African Republic (CAR), Marie Noel Kuoyara, Friday in Luanda, thanked the Angolan State support to her country to achieve political stability. Speaking to the press at the end of a meeting with his Angolan counterpart, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, the visiting official said that RCA and Angola are sister […]
French soldiers molest 9 year old kids in Africa
The boys said they approached the French soldiers because they were hungry. Some were so young they didn’t quite understand the acts the soldiers demanded in return. One boy, 8 or 9 years old, said he did it several times to the same soldier, “until one day an older kid saw him and told him […]