October 26, 2015
Africa: How Africa Can Fix the International Criminal Court
The demand of South Africa's ruling African National Congress that the government should pull out of the International Criminal Court is defeatist, naïve and reactionary, says… Read more »
October 05, 2015
Africa: Africa's Governance Winners, Losers and Surprises
Zimbabwe is one of the African countries where governance has improved most in the four years up to 2014. Senegal just might surge ahead of its African counterparts in the future,… Read more »
December 10, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Forms Unity Govt
A day after the Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest opposition party, the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), agreed to join a national unity government,… Read more »
January 20, 2014
Central African Republic: Mayor of Bangui Named Interim President
Mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza has been elected the Central African Republic's interim president by the transitional parliament, according to an Al Jazeera Television… Read more »
January 16, 2014
Central African Republic: More CAR Peacekeepers May Be Needed
Amid fears that the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) could descend into a genocide, a senior member of the Obama administration's foreign policy team says the time… Read more »
December 05, 2013
Central African Republic: UN-Backed Troops Set to Deploy in CAR
The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on Thursday to approve UN intervention in the Central African Republic (CAR), giving African and French troops already in… Read more »
October 29, 2013
Central African Republic: Amnesty Report Details Abuses in CAR, Makes Recommendations
Excerpts from the Amnesty International report, "CAR: Human rights crisis spiralling out of control": Read more »
Central African Republic: Seleka Soldiers Raped Women, Girls in Bangui - Report
An excerpt from the Amnesty International report, "CAR: Human rights crisis spiralling out of control": Read more »
Central African Republic: Soldiers 'Out of Control' in CAR, Says Amnesty
The rebel fighters who overthrew the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) earlier this year, and who now comprise the country's armed forces, are "out of control", says… Read more »
September 24, 2013
Central African Republic: Thinking Out of the Box
Conflicts in small countries are often made worse by international indifference. In the case of the Central African Republic (CAR), however, the problem is a little different.… Read more »
April 05, 2013
Central African Republic: Rebel Leader Accepts Transitional Council - Report
The Prime Minister of Central African Republic Nicolas Tiangaye has announced that rebel leader Michel Djotodia accepted the outcome of a regional summit on the country's crisis,… Read more »
April 04, 2013
Central Africa: Regional Body Finds it 'Impossible' to Recognise Michel Djotodia as Central African President
Members of the Economic Community of Central African States met in an extraordinary meeting in Djamena, Chad, under the auspices of Idriss Derby, the current chairman and president… Read more »
Africa: Leaders Refuse to Recognise Rebel Chief as CAR President
African leaders participating in a special summit on the conflict in Central African Republic have reportedly decided that it was impossible to recognise rebel chief Michel… Read more »
November 13, 2012
Central African Republic: President Detains Son Over 'Unpaid Hotel Bill'
The Central African Republic's leader Francois Bozize has reportedly had his son arrested for failing to pay a huge hotel bill. Read more »
August 15, 2012
Africa: Toilet Tales - Health Gains Without Wasting Water, or Excrement
Although there were no African prizewinners this week from a toilet challenge sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, South African Professor Chris Buckley doesn't… Read more »
April 30, 2012
Central Africa: U.S.-Sponsored Visit to Anti-Kony Staging Camp Produces Flurry of News
An unusual dateline - Obo, Central African Republic - appeared in newspapers and on radio broadcasts across the globe Monday morning. Read more »
February 21, 2011
Central African Republic: The Dark Side of Diamonds
The international watchdog which seeks to prevent diamonds from fuelling conflict, the Kimberley Process, should take a very close look at the situation in the Central African… Read more »
February 03, 2011
Central African Republic: Bozize Re-Elected, Opposition Rejects Results
President François Bozize of the Central African Republic has been re-elected with 66 percent of the vote, while his nearest rival won only 20 percent, according to results… Read more »
January 24, 2011
Central African Republic: Opposition Candidates Complain of Polls Irregularities
About 1.8 million voters cast their ballots on Sunday for the Central African Republic's presidential and parliamentary elections. Read more »
January 21, 2011
Central African Republic: Presidential Aspirants Wrap Up Campaigns
The five candidates contesting the Central African Republic’s elections on Sunday are putting the final touches to their campaigns. Read more »
January 11, 2011
Central African Republic: Opposition Candidates Dispute Election Plan
The presidential election campaign in the Central African Republic officially began on Monday, with voters expected to go to the polls on the January 23. Candidates vying for the… Read more »
May 29, 2010
Africa: Victims of Rights Violations Turn Their Eyes to Kampala
Starting in Kampala on Monday, representatives of governments, the United Nations and civil society groups will meet for the first time to review the workings of the International… Read more »
June 16, 2009
Central African Republic: International Court Charges DRC's Bemba
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has committed for trial the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, on charges of war crimes… Read more »
May 25, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: Belgium Arrests Former VP
The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean Pierre Bemba, was arrested on war crimes charges in Belgium Saturday. Read more »
March 11, 2004
South Africa: Haiti President Aristide's Central African Republic Arrival Still a Puzzle
As Peter DeShazo, Deputy U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs puts it, the government of the Central African Republic simply called up the aircraft… Read more »