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Central Africa: Chad Accuses Central African Republic Troops of War Crime
DW, 31 May 2021
Chad has accused the CAR army of attacking a military outpost on Chad's side of the border, before killing a number of soldiers. Read more »
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Chad: Chad Says Killing of Soldiers By CAR Troops Amounts to War Crime
RFI, 31 May 2021
The Chadian government has accused the Central African Republic (CAR) of killing six of its soldiers in an attack on an outpost in the south of the country, branding it a "war… Read more »
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Africa: Why World Leaders' Inconsistency On Coups in Chad and Mali May Spark More Coups in Africa
Premium Times, 31 May 2021
While world leaders have condemned the coups in Mali, they have been less critical of the one last month in Chad Read more »
Chad Accuses Central African Republic of Killing Its Soldiers
Chad's Defense Ministry has said that Central African Republic (CAR) soldiers attacked a Chadian military post, killing one soldier, and kidnapping and executing five others. Foreign Minister Cherif Mahamat Zene said in a statement that CAR armed forces attacked the Sourou outpost near the village of Mbere early on Sunday morning. Chad's embassy in the CAR capital of Bangui was told by the head of CAR's military police to collect the bodies of the five executed soldiers, the foreign minister has said.
Central African soldiers were pursuing rebels from one of the many armed groups operating in the country across the border, a senior Chadian security official told news agency AFP. The rebels were members of Unity for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), one of CAR's most powerful armed groups. The UPC is part of a coalition seeking to topple the regime of the country's President Faustin Archange Touadera, the official said.
InFocus
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A Frenchman has been arrested in the Central African Republic after police said they had discovered a "very large arsenal" of weapons in his home. A government spokesperson told ... Read more »
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Since the December 2020 elections, the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to deteriorate. According to the UN, 400,000 people were forced to flee their homes ... Read more »
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Government forces have been fighting various militia groups in many parts of the country. Civilians have been the most vulnerable and hundreds of thousands of people have been ... Read more »
Militia men from the Central African Republic Patriotic Movement (file photo).
