Tag: Kaga Bandoro

As Sudan hosts CAR peace talks, Russia offers to get more involved

August 31, 2018 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangassou, Bangui, Central African Republic, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Kaga Bandoro, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Oumar Kobine Layama, Russia, Seleka, UPC

The three top faith leaders of the Central African Republic (CAR), who have won international recognition for efforts to end its conflict, have pledged to work with Russians to foster reconciliation in CAR. On 23 August, they attended a one-day meeting organised by Valery Zakharov, a Russian diplomat and security . . . 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

Central African Republic: where government rule only runs in the capital

October 24, 2017 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Bocaranga, Bozoum, Central African Republic, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Gambo, Kaga Bandoro, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, PK5, Seleka, UN, Zemio

I’m just back from a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) – where there is a sense of emergency again. Security has dramatically deteriorated across the country: President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has failed to establish his authority beyond the capital, Bangui, 18 months after his election. To my surprise, I . . . Read More

CAR: ‘Simple survival rule in IDP camp: if you walk out, you might be killed’

May 4, 2017 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, IDPs, Kaga Bandoro, Seleka

Last month, April, saw the worst violence for years in the Central African Republic, said Medecins sans Frontieres. The UN, which has a 13,000 safe-keeping mission (MINUSCA) in the former French colony, has sought to disperse fighters, while the United States has imposed sanctions on CAR militia leaders. Despite the . . . Read More

Donors pledge $2.2bn to help Central African Republic recover

November 30, 2016 Central African Republic African Union, Anti-balaka, Bangui, Bria, Catherine Samba-Panza, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, IDPs, Kaga Bandoro, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Oumar Kobine Layama, Refugees, Seleka

Oxfam says half the 4.8 million population of the Central African Republic needs humanitarian assistance. Open Doors International The President of the Evangelical Alliance in the Central African Republic has praised the international community’s pledge of US$2.2 billion to help reconstruct a county ravaged by three years of civil war. Around . . . Read More

UPDATE: At least 23 killed in fresh attack in north of C. African Republic

October 13, 2016 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Catherine Samba-Panza, Central African Republic, Kaga Bandoro, PK5, Seleka

UPDATE (13 Oct.): Fighters from Central African Republic’s largely Muslim Séléka militia attacked refugees in Kaga Bandoro, in the country’s remote north on Wednesday (12 Oct.), reports Reuters. Thirteen people were stabbed or hacked to death, before U.N. peacekeepers repelled the attackers, killing at least 10 of them, officials said. Several . . . Read More

C. African Republic: pastor among scores killed

September 20, 2016 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Central African Republic, Kaga Bandoro, Seleka, UN

A local pastor (yet to be named) was among scores killed as members of the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebel group attacked communities around the town of Kaga Bandoro, 350km north of the Central African Republic capital, Bangui. In the village of Ndomete, the rebels killed 26 people as they went door . . . Read More

Church and clerics attacked in CAR

August 4, 2015 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bambari, Bria, Central African Republic, Kaga Bandoro, Seleka

In July 2014, a ceasefire was signed between the two main warring groups in the Central African Republic: a predominantly Muslim rebel coalition known as Séléka, and violent vigilante groups opposing their advance, which became known as the “anti-Balaka” (“Balaka” means “machete”). Former members of the now-disbanded Séléka rebel movement, . . . Read More

Central African Republic – A forgotten crisis

July 29, 2015 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bambari, Bangassou, Bria, Kaga Bandoro, Seleka, UN

On 25 July 2014, a ceasefire was signed between the two main warring groups in the Central African Republic: a predominantly Muslim rebel coalition known as Séléka, and violent vigilante groups who opposed their advance through the country, which became known as the “anti-Balaka” (“Balaka” means “machete”). A year later, . . . Read More

Sporadic violence builds tension in CAR, many Christians victims

February 26, 2015 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bambari, Fulani herdsmen, Kaga Bandoro, Seleka

A vehicle carrying Seleka is attacked by bystanders in Bangui, Feb 2015World Watch Monitor An argument between a taxi driver and his customer has led to the death of at least 16 Christians in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). A man known as Aladji hailed a . . . Read More

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