Central African Republic

Central African Republic

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  New Central African Republic gov't faces criticism

  Central African Republic's prime minister vowed to press ahead Tuesday with his new government after members of nine opposition parties said they were ... 

• Opposition: SAfrican troops must withdraw from CAR

  South Africa's leading opposition party on Monday urged President Jacob Zuma to withdraw troops from Central African Republic, where 13 South African ... 

• Rebel leader appoints new government in CAR

  A rebel leader who proclaimed himself president of the Central African Republic after his fighters invaded the capital has appointed a new cabinet. 

• C. African Republic: March in favor of new leader

  A demonstration in support of Central African Republic's new leader Michel Djotodia was held in the capital, Bangui, on Saturday. Several hundred ... 

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  Ex-C. African Republic leader seeks exile in Benin

  Ousted Central African Republic President Francois Bozize is requesting exile in the tiny West African nation of Benin days after rebels invaded and ... 

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  C. African Republic rebel leader faces challenges

  Michel Djotodia showed up for peace talks a few months ago in camouflage and a turban as the face of Central African Republic's rebel movement. 

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  Hard questions for South Africa over CAR battle

  The South African government faced tough questions Wednesday about its military mission in the Central African Republic after 13 of its soldiers were ... 

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  C. African Republic hospitals looted after coup

  Aid groups and the international community on Tuesday condemned widespread looting in Central African Republic's capital, saying that even hospitals ... 

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  C. African Republic president flees to Cameroon

  The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked ... 

• US offers no support for ousted African leader

  The Obama administration refused Monday to support the Central African Republic's recently ousted leader and declined to call the overthrow of ... 

• 13 South African troops killed in CAR

  South Africa's president says 13 South African soldiers were killed and 27 were wounded in fighting in the Central African Republic. President Jacob ... 

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  C. African Republic president overthrown by rebels

  Rebels overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade on Sunday, seizing the presidential palace and declaring that the desperately poor ... 

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  Rebels advance toward C. African Republic capital

  Rebels in Central African Republic are advancing on the capital, Bangui, after taking the town of Damara on Friday, a rebel spokesman said. By seizing ... 

• C. African Republic rebels reject president offers

  Rebels in Central African Republic on Thursday dismissed the president's offer to release some political prisoners, saying the fighters would still ... 

• Central African Republic rebels threaten new fight

  A coalition of rebel groups that signed a peace accord with the Central African Republic government two months ago is now threatening to take up arms ... 

• Central African rebels take control of 2 towns

  Rebels who signed a peace deal with the government two months ago, seized control of two towns in the southeast of Central African Republic, ... 

• Kony's LRA killing fewer civilians, group finds

  Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, the shadowy group of militants that has terrorized Central Africa for years, killed far fewer civilians in 2012 ... 

• AP Interview: UN chief wants action on climate

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says his top hopes for 2013 are to reach a new agreement on climate change and to urgently end the increasingly ... 

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  African troops kill rebel who guarded warlord Kony

  Ugandan troops in the Central African Republic have killed the chief bodyguard of Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord's Resistance Army, a ... 

• C. African Republic prime minister pick announced

  Rebels from Central African Republic and the country's political opposition have agreed on a candidate for prime minister. Under the terms of a ... 

• Ugandan, US forces hunting LRA welcome CAR truce

  Ugandan soldiers and U.S forces who are pursuing the leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army in the jungles of the Central African Republic say ... 

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  Peace deal announced for C. African Republic

  Central African Republic President Francois Bozize and the rebels who sought to overthrow him have reached a deal that will allow him to stay in ... 

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  Talks on Central African Republic begin in Gabon

  Talks on the crisis in Central African Republic began Wednesday with representatives of the government, rebels and other groups gathering in this ...