Tag: Seleka

Central African Republic – the world’s most neglected conflict

June 29, 2017 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Seleka, UPC

In a report on 5 June, Human Rights Watch noted that “violence in the Central African Republic has fallen from the world’s radar, but that does not mean the killings have let up. Over a dozen armed groups now roam the country, committing a range of abuses. Violence is on . . . Read More

CAR’s clerics say ‘war must stop’ as killings continue despite peace agreement

June 26, 2017 Central African Republic Bangui, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Oumar Kobine Layama, Seleka, UN

More than 100 people were killed last week in the Central African Republic (CAR), only a day after a peace agreement was signed by 13 of the country’s 14 armed groups in Rome, brokered by the Catholic peace-building group Sant’Egidio. Rev Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, president of the Evangelical Alliance – one . . . Read More

Central African Republic foes sign Church-mediated peace accord

June 20, 2017 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Central African Republic, Seleka, UN

The government of the Central African Republic yesterday (19 June) signed an accord with 13 of the 14 armed groups in the country, aiming to end the ethic and religious conflict that has killed thousands of people. The deal, which was mediated by the Roman Catholic Sant’Egidio peace group and . . . 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

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

CAR: Special Criminal Court prosecutor appointed as killing continues

February 21, 2017 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bambari, Catherine Samba-Panza, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, PK5, Seleka

The three top faith leaders of the Central African Republic (CAR), who’ve won international recognition for efforts to end conflict in their country, have welcomed the appointment of a prosecutor for a Special Criminal Court. CAR has been beset by religious and ethnic conflict between mainly Muslim Séléka rebels and . . . Read More

Pastor killed, 2 churches destroyed in renewed violence in Central African Republic

February 13, 2017 Central African Republic Bambari, Bangui, Bocaranga, IDPs, PK5, Seleka

Hundreds of internally displaced people (IDPs), shaken by the renewed violence, have returned to the refugee camp at Bangui M’Poko Airport, where they sought refuge when the violence first erupted in 2013. A flare-up of violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), on 7 February left . . . Read More

How women of the Central African Republic overcome trauma by trading

January 5, 2017 Central African Republic Bangui, Seleka, Trauma, Women

Women meeting at a self-help group, Bangui 2016.Open Doors The slogan painted on the rear bumper of a yellow taxi in Bangui caught our eye: “Le Saint-Esprit me conduit” (the Holy Spirit drives me). For a trip to this French-speaking part of Africa, it was an admirable sentiment that . . . 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

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