Patrick Fort

It has displays covering art, history, dinosaurs, nuclear energy, craftwork and music as well as live animals, for it is also a zoo

After two of its soldiers were killed in the Central African Republic, France's president has told troops their intervention is necessary.

France's president says reinforcements to a UN-mandated force would reach 1 600 troops following sectarian violence in Central African Republic.

Looters of deposed Central African Republic president François Bozizé's home have come across two human skeletons beneath the garage floor.

Some people in the Central African Republic have applauded a cavalcade of Seleka rebels while others remain distrustful after looting by both sides.

Since the coup, Central African Republic's new government has optimistically promised that business will resume soon. But experts are doubtful.

Michel Djotodia has vowed to hand over power at the end of the three-year transition and not contest the Central African Republic's 2016 elections.

Central African Republic strongman Michel Djotodia is preparing to unveil a new government after announcing he would rule by decree.

Sporting a beige jacket, starched pink shirt and polished shoes, Haider looks like any other young businessman about town, not a sly gunrunner who wheels and deals in Iraq's burgeoning arms trade. Yet with the country sucked into sectarian warfare and the classic laws of the marketplace clicking into gear, traders like Haider are making a highly illegal killing.