Kenya: Suspects to Endure Pre-Trial Chamber Process at ICC Nov 16, 2009
Of all the four cases being tried or investigated by the court, three of them -- those of Uganda, Central African Republic and DRC -- were referred by their own governments ... Other African countries like Uganda, Central African Republic and DRC took advantage of Article 14 to refer cases to ICC. Uganda referred the case of Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army, while the DRC has the majority of referrals, among them Lubanga, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo. (allAfrica.com)
Congo-Kinshasa: New Multinational Partnership Launches Peace Efforts [interview] Nov 6, 2009
They are no longer in Uganda but they are marauding and pillaging and killing throughout the eastern DRC and the Central African Republic. And then the third source is unfortunately the FARDC (the Forces Arm;es de la R;publique D;mocratique du Congo) itself, the Congolese army, which is the largest perpetrator of rapes in the DRC right now; [and what] has happened with the Kimya II operation; in which the FARDC is going after the FDLR with the logistical support of Monuc [the UN peacekeeping... (allAfrica.com)
Insane greed? Oct 15, 2009
Page last updated at 13:32 GMT, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 14:32 UK. African view: Insane with greed. (BBC News -- Africa)
Guerrillas return Sep 22, 2009
Moving in small groups, the machete-wielding rebels now menace a wide region across southern Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, dragging in recruits from several nations. While the war is over for Mr Taban, the rebel raids increase. (BBC News -- Africa)
Central African Republic: Patasse says he could return to CAR for presidential poll Aug 31, 2009
com: Central African Republic: Patasse says he could return to CAR for presidential poll (Page 1 of 1) ... Central African Republic: Patasse says he could return to CAR for presidential poll ... Former president Ange-Felix Patasse of the Central African Republic said Thursday in exile that he was "potentially a candidate" for elections in his country next year. (allAfrica.com)
Africa's hotels Aug 30, 2009
Returning to the Central African Republic, Chris Simpson reflects on his wide-ranging experience of hotels across the continent of Africa ... " The inevitable first question from friends and family as you set off for a new country. Never good on planning, I tend to be evasive, alluding to non-existent friends of friends and tips from former travellers. But knowing I was arriving around midnight in the Central African Republic, with way too much luggage, cash reserves for two months and a stack... (BBC News -- Africa)
Court gives bail to Congo's Bemba Aug 15, 2009
The charges relate to unrest in the Central African Republic. Mr Bemba says his troops were not under his command once they crossed the border into CAR to help then-President Ange-Felix Patasse put down a coup attempt in 2002. (BBC News -- Africa)
Republic of Congo holds presidential election Jul 13, 2009
It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda and the Gulf of Guinea. The country is rich in petroleum and forestry resources and these two sectors are key contributors to its economy. (Xinhuanet, China)
Full Story » Jun 21, 2009
In a statement released Saturday to commemorate World Refugee Day, Clinton called on the world community to end what she called "urgent refugee crises" in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chad, the Central African Republic and Darfur. She said she was encouraged by improving situations in Liberia, South Sudan, Burundi and Bhutan but said countries must pitch in to do more. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Obama's Darfur policy lacks clarity, advocates say Jun 20, 2009
Millions have been displaced by the violence or have fled across borders into Chad or the Central African Republic. In Khartoum, Ali Youssef, a senior Foreign Ministry official speaking before Crowley disavowed Gration's statement, praised the envoy for saying the Sudanese government was no longer engaged in genocide. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
U.N. envoy: Colombia army kills innocents Jun 19, 2009
Appointed a U.N. special investigator of such killings in 2004, he visited the United States, Afghanistan and the Central African Republic last year. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
Gabon: Will Bongo's Death Signal a New Chapter? [analysis] Jun 19, 2009
"He was practically the Vice-President of France, responsible for Africa. He knew everything about France's involvement in Africa, even coups. Either he was financing them or supporting them - as was the case in the Central African Republic when Ange F;lix Patass; left, or in the Congo with Pascal Lissouba's departure,' Ernest Ibambo, a sociologist and researcher in Brazzaville told IPS. "(Bongo) was France's valet in Africa. " Some critics, including French ones, accuse President Bongo of... (allAfrica.com)
Gabon ready for funeral of Bongo Jun 16, 2009
The presidents of Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Sao Tome and Togo are among those expected to attend Tuesday's ceremony. Foreign dignitaries will pass in front of Mr Bongo's coffin at the presidential palace, where it has lain in state since last Thursday. (BBC News -- Africa)
Congo's Bemba to stand ICC trial Jun 16, 2009
The charges relate to the actions of his troops in the neighbouring Central African Republic in 2002 and 2003 ... The ICC prosecutors will try to establish a direct line of responsibility between those crimes in the Central African Republic and Mr Bemba himself ... "The most important thing now to do is that for us we submit the case to the appeal and the judge is going now to decide between Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba and the former President Ange-Felix Patasse of the Central African Republic, who was... (BBC News -- Africa)
Zimbabwe: Britain 'Wants Zimbabwean Government to Succeed' Jun 16, 2009
The ICC statute has been ratified by 30 African countries, and it has received cases referred to it by Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic. Furthermore, the ICC successfully ruled on the disputed Bakassi peninsula, and the settlement reached has subsequently been accepted by both parties to the dispute, Nigeria and Cameroon. (allAfrica.com)
Obituary: Omar Bongo Jun 16, 2009
He played a pivotal role in attempts to solve crises in the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Observers say he had a style of exchanging favours for votes that was characteristic of Africa's "big man" tradition. (BBC News -- Africa)
Africa: Statement by Johnnie Carson at Confirmation Hearing Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Apr 30, 2009
The Sudanese government's brutal attempt to suppress a rebellion in Darfur has uprooted millions of people, destabilized Chad and the Central African Republic and generated one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. In southern Sudan, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the twenty-one year civil war between the Khartoum government and the SPLA has not been fully implemented and at times has been on the threshold of collapse. (allAfrica.com)
Is Democracy Good For Africa? Apr 16, 2009
This list of considered failed states include: Somalia, DR. Congo, and Central African Republic. Other countries want to believe that this system of democracy is working although it is clear that their country stands on the brink of being classified also as a failed state (A. Akbar Mohammed) Ghanas elections have not always been peaceful after all. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Soldier on shooting spree Apr 8, 2009
Some 5200 peacekeepers from the UN's Minurcat mission are now charged with protecting refugees from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, as well as others fleeing a rebel insurgency in Chad and the northern Central African Republic. But roughly 2000 members of the European force will remain for a few more months under the UN beret until African and Nepalese units arrive. (iAfrica.com)
How China Lures Africa Apr 8, 2009
The cases of Mobutu of Zaire, Jean Bokassa of the Central African Republic and Ahidjo of Cameroon are few examples. History has shown that the West has no slightest worry over stirring up turmoil and instability in Africa, says Reason Wafawarova in The Zimbabwe Guardian of 10 July 2008. (Suite101.com)
Millions of Darfuris at greater risk with aid groups' removal Mar 11, 2009
With the biggest groups, such as Doctors Without Borders, Care International, and Oxfam leaving, Darfur watchers expect an exodus of hundreds of thousands of Darfuris from camps in Sudan for havens in neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic. But there's also a rising risk of more armed conflict within Sudan. (Christian Science Monitor)
Sudan Dubs The ICC "White Man's Court" Mar 6, 2009
Archbishop Desmond Tutu In Africa, those considered possible targets of the court are leaders in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Chad, Ivory Coast, Rwanda and Central African Republic ... Why is it prosecuting former Congolese warlord and vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba for alleged crimes his fighters committed in Central African Republic, and not the ousted Central African leader who invited Bemba's forces ... And every indictment it has brought acted on requests from African... (CBS News -- World)
Choose justice, Africa Mar 3, 2009
That the court's four active investigations are all in Africa is not because of prosecutorial prejudice - it is because three of the countries involved (Central African Republic, Congo and Uganda) themselves requested that the prosecutor intervene. Only the Darfur case was referred to the prosecutor by the Security Council. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Joshuas Synagogue Church of all Nations Feb 19, 2009
They include, President Omar Bongo of the Republic of Gabon, Goodwill Zwelithini, King of the Zulu from South Africa, ex-President Frederick Chiluba of Zambia, Andre Kolimba, former president of the Central African Republic, ex-President Pascal Linssouba of Congo Brazaville and Yormie Johnson, the former Liberian warlord. Like the biblical woman with the issue of blood who insisted on touching Jesus Christ, Bongo, the Gabonese president, visited Joshua in January 2008, after the prophet had... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Rebel group attacks African town, frees prisoners Feb 14, 2009
Rebels attacked a town in the Central African Republic and sprung 20 prisoners from jail, a statement from the previously unknown group said ... The Central African Republic has fought various rebellions in its remote northeast and northwest during years of low-level conflict. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Push on LRA rebels 'catastrophic' Feb 11, 2009
Countries from Uganda to the Central African Republic have suffered 20 years of terror inflicted by the LRA and tens of thousands of children have been abducted to be fighters and sex slaves. The UN head of humanitarian affairs is due to end a four-day visit to DR Congo by meeting President Joseph Kabila and UN peacekeeping officials. (BBC News -- Africa)
