Six South African troops have been killed in the Central African Republic, according to a report.
Rebels in the Central African Republic who have advanced towards the capital Bangui warned they could enter the city.
President Francois Bozize has called on France and the US for help after rebels seized large parts of the mineral-rich Central African Republic.
President Bozize of the Central African Republic has begun an operation to disarm hundreds of rebels in the northwest of the poor, unstable country.
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/ 19 January 2009
President Francois Bozize on Monday reappointed Faustin-Archange Touadera as prime minister, just a day after dissolving the government.
Donors are ramping up aid to the neglected Central African Republic because they fear cross-border conflicts in Darfur and Chad could expand.
Ongoing clashes and the national army’s brutal response to rebel groups have created widespread insecurity.
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/ 26 October 2007
The Central African Republic’s President defended his country’s efforts to improve human rights at international donor talks on Friday meant to bolster much-needed economic and political reforms in his impoverished nation. Francois Bozize presented a new development strategy to European Union and United Nations officials.
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/ 14 September 2007
Soldiers in the Central African Republic (CAR) have massacred hundreds of people and burned villages, forcing civilians to flee, during a counter-insurgency campaign, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday. The watchdog group blamed President Francois Bozize’s elite guard for atrocities carried out since mid-2005.