Tag: Michel Djotodia

Three pastors among dead in Central African Republic

December 13, 2013 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Michel Djotodia, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Seleka, UN

More than 400 people died in three days of violence, according to the Red Cross.World Watch Monitor Three pastors were among those killed in the recent interfaith violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Pastors Raymond Doui, 46, Elisha Zama, 33, and Jean-Louis Makamba, 48, were killed . . . Read More

Scores killed in Central African Republic

December 11, 2013 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Bocaranga, Bossangoa, Bozoum, Michel Djotodia, Seleka, UN

Dozens of people are being treated in the corridors of overcrowded hospitals.World Watch Monitor Three days of sectarian violence have left hundreds dead in the Central African Republic capital. An offensive in Bangui by Christian-dominated anti-Balaka militias on Dec. 5 sparked fierce reprisals from mainly Muslim Séléka rebel forces. In . . . Read More

Ban Ki-moon warns Central African Republic ‘spiralling into anarchy’

November 20, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Michel Djotodia, Seleka, UN

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, pictured in 2012.Africa Renewal / Flickr / Creative Commons The UN Secretary General Ban-Ki moon said on Monday (Nov. 18) that anarchy in the Central African Republic risks spiralling further out of control, and could need up to 9,000 peacekeepers. In a . . . Read More

Catholic clerics mugged at gunpoint in Central African Republic

October 3, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Bossangoa, Bozoum, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

Fr. Beniamino Gusmeroli was attacked by armed men on Friday.ACN Two Catholic clerics in the Central African Republic were bound and robbed by armed men on Friday, Sept. 27. Italian missionary Fr. Beniamino Gusmeroli, and Fr. Martial Mengue, a Central African deacon, were attacked by men believed to be . . . Read More

Interfaith conflict threatens to engulf Central African Republic

September 18, 2013 Central African Republic Bossangoa, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

Red Cross workers bury a corpse near Bossangoa on Sept 16.World Watch Monitor Clashes between Christians and Muslims in the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) have increased fears of a prolonged interfaith divide in the country. The CAR, which borders Chad, Sudan and the Congos, was one of . . . Read More

Top pastor’s arrest adds to Christians’ concerns in Central African Republic

August 9, 2013 Central African Republic Michel Djotodia, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Protestants

The order for Rev. Nicolas Guerékoyamé’s arrest seems to have come straight from the very top. President Michel Djotodia, pictured, seized power in a coup in March.Crispin for World Watch Monitor The already fragile situation for Christians in the Central African Republic (CAR) may be worsening. On Tuesday (August . . . Read More

C. African Republic religious leaders consider plan for country otherwise ‘likely to explode’

June 21, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Bria, Michel Djotodia, Oumar Kobine Layama, Seleka

The aftermath of a Séléka attack in Dekoa village.CECA As a significant risk of interfaith conflict looms over the Central African Republic (CAR), the leaders of the two main religions in the country – Christianity and Islam – have decided to speak with one voice. The CAR was plunged . . . 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

Church shelled, seven Christians killed in Central African Republic

April 16, 2013 Central African Republic Michel Djotodia, Seleka

A weekend of violence in the Central African Republic included three artillery shells that crashed into a church and killed seven people, according to a pastor. At least 20 people were reported dead after gun battles in sectors of Bangui, capital of the republic, where an alliance of rebel groups . . . Read More

Anxiety high as rebels take over Central African Republic

March 25, 2013 Central African Republic Bambari, Bangassou, Bangui, Gambo, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

A three-month-old rebel uprising in the Central African Republic swept into the country’s capital Sunday, ousting the president and leaving ransacked Christian homes and churches in its wake. A source close to the Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic told World Watch Monitor that many Christians’ properties have been . . . Read More

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