According to one U.N. official, militia group 3R called a meeting of residents of nearby villages, then opened fire, Killing over 50 people in a town near the border with Chad. Read more »

The eighth peace deal signed between the government and the rebels since the conflict began, is fundamentally different from the rest because it contains provisions on the key ... Read more »

Russian influence in Africa collapsed after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. More than a quarter of a century later, President Vladimir Putin's desire to restore Russia to ... Read more »

A peace deal between the government of the Central African Republic and 14 rebel groups has been struck after talks in Sudan, potentially ushering in a period of stability in the ... Read more »

According to Jean Pierre Waboe, Vice-president of the Constitutional Court, the need for "justice" has become more crucial to the Central African Republic due to the breakdown of ... Read more »

Over a million people have been internally displaced or made refugees by years of inter-communal fighting. More than a quarter million of them are living in neighbouring Cameroon. Read more »

A senior United Nations (UN) official has warned that rising violence in the Central African Republic threatens to destabilise neighbouring countries. This follows a call from ... Read more »

Two thirds of children in the Central African Republic need humanitarian assistance, while one in four is displaced or a refugee in a crisis that has fallen under the radar, a new ... Read more »

When Central African Republic  lawmaker Alfred Yekatom fired a live round in Parliament less than a month ago, he probably didn't expect to be hauled in front of the ... Read more »

Alfred Yekatom, a former army chief corporal also known as Colonel Rambo led a southern faction of the anti-Balaka rebel group which fought Seleka militias across the country. ... Read more »