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CAR: open season for bandits
afrol News / IRIN, 31 March - Known variously as coupeurs de routes (highwaymen), Zaraguina or simply bandits, criminal gangs who kill, kidnap for ransom, loot and set fire to homes now pose the greatest threat to civilians in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR). Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights
CAR prioritises security
afrol News, 27 March - The Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (CAR) said his
government was poised to beef up security forces to counter insecurity
in the country. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Missing peacekeeper found dead
afrol News, 6 March - The remains of a missing French soldier with the European Union peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic have been found in Sudan. Read more
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Politics | Health | Human rights | Society
Meningitis threatens CAR
afrol News, 12 February - Meningitis epidemic has threatened the lives of about one million people in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) disclosed. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights | Gender - Women
ICC investigates CAR crimes
afrol News, 21 January - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will on Thursday travel to the Central African Republic (CAR) to open investigation into allegations of massive crimes. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
CAR: A phantom state
afrol News, 14 December - Despite being turned into a phantom state by violence and corruption, the International Crisis Group believed that the new EU and UN forces could the emerge the Central African Republic (CAR) from its enduring crisis. The new forces aim to contain any spill-over from the Darfur crisis. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
CAR protects refugees
afrol News, 5 December - Parliament in the Central African Republic (CAR) has voted in favour of a new law that guarantees not only the protection of refugees, but also several other fundamental rights. Read more
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Politics | Society | Health | Human rights | Gender - Women
CAR crisis displaces 291,000
afrol News, 29 August - The two-year violence in the northern region of the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced tens of thousands of people to vacate their homes. Read more
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
WFP airlifts emergency food to Darfur refugees
afrol News, 14 June - Officials of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said despite the heavy cost involved, they would be able to carry out a "highly complex operation to airlift emergency food supplies" to over 2,600 refugees from Darfur who recently crossed into the remote north-eastern corner of the Central African Republic.
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Society | Human rights
ICC probes Central African sex crimes
afrol News, 22 May - The International Criminal Court in (ICC) The Hague is set to open investigation into sexual crimes committed during a 2002 coup led by General François Bozizé against the former Central African Republic President, Ange-Félix Patassé. Read more
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Media
Prison term for Central African media chief
afrol News, 2 April - A criminal court in the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, today sentenced to prison the president of a private press group, who has been jailed since 12 March in connection with statements critical of the governmental High Communication Council (HCC). Read more
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Politics
Rebel leader asks Central African fighters to disarm
afrol News, 5 February - After signing a peace deal with Central African Republic President François Bozizé on Friday, rebel leader Abdoulaye Miskine urged his fighters to lay down their weapons. Mr Miskine, who leads the People's Democratic Front, signed truce with the government in Libya and warned that heavy punishment lies ahead of those who defy his orders to bury the hatch.
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