Tag: Alindao

Calls for inquiry into UN peacekeepers’ role in massacres in Central African Republic

December 17, 2018 Central African Republic Alindao, Anti-balaka, Central African Republic, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Seleka, UN, UPC

As many as 100 civilians lost their lives in an attack on a refugee camp and cathedral in Alindao last month, said Amnesty International. (Photo: Catholic Church in CAR)

United Nations peacekeepers failed in protecting civilians in the Central African Republic during an attack in November that killed as many as 100 people, among them two priests, according to a report by Amnesty International that was published 14 December. Multiple eyewitnesses told Amnesty that UN peacekeepers did not stop . . . Read More

CAR: Children hurt as another displaced persons camp attacked

December 6, 2018 Central African Republic Alindao, Bocaranga, Central African Republic, Children, Gambo, IDPs, Seleka, UN, UPC, Women, Zemio

A church-run camp for displaced people in south-eastern Central African Republic was attacked on Tuesday, 4 December, less than three weeks after 60 people, including two priests, were killed in an attack on another camp. Tuesday’s attack took place in the town of Ippy, which is 200km north of the . . . Read More

UN denies complicity in Central African Republic massacres, but questions remain

February 9, 2018 Central African Republic Alindao, Bangassou, Bangui, Basse-Kotto, Bocaranga, Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Gambo, Kaga Bandoro, Paoua, Seleka, UN, UPC, Zemio

The UN has rejected allegations of complicity with armed groups in a string of massacres last year in the Central African Republic. A UN Special Investigation team, led by Brigadier General (rtd) Fernand Amoussou and including legal, political and human-rights experts, looked into attacks between 1 May and 31 August . . . Read More

Amnesty: UN must protect Central African civilians

September 11, 2017 Central African Republic Alindao, Anti-balaka, Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic, Gambo, Seleka, UN, UPC, Zemio

A wave of brutal attacks in the Central African Republic, including the systematic rape and murder of civilians, highlights the urgent need for stronger UN action to protect civilians, says Amnesty International in a new report, published on 8 September. Amnesty’s in-depth report encompasses attacks on civilians in the eastern prefecture . . . Read More

Church leader among dead in Central African Republic

May 26, 2017 Central African Republic Alindao, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, UN

A church leader was among those killed in the recent outbreak of violence in the Central African Republic, it has emerged. Baptist pastor Ange-Apoléon Ngakolada, 36, leaves behind a wife and eight children. The President of the Association of Evangelical Baptist Churches in CAR, Singa Gbadia, told World Watch Monitor . . . Read More

UPDATE: CAR’s peace-making leader mourns loss of loved ones as 3,000 shelter inside church

May 18, 2017 Central African Republic Alindao, Anti-balaka, Bangassou, Basse-Kotto, Seleka, UPC

UPDATE (18 May): As more details emerge, it has been confirmed that it was Rev. Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou’s youngest brother and nephew, not his son and grandson, who were killed in the latest eruption of violence in the Central African Republic. A local church leader told World Watch Monitor they may . . . Read More

OIC letter from C. African Republic President sought support for Islamic republic

May 22, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Alindao, Bambari, Bangassou, Bangui, Bossangoa, Catholics, Kaga Bandoro, Michel Djotodia, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Seleka

Michel Djotodia, CAR President.Crispin for World Watch Monitor The Catholic Church in the Central African Republic (CAR) has written a letter to the former rebel leader and new President, Michel Djotodia, raising concerns about his past and asking him to speak out against the suffering inflicted on civilians by . . . Read More

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