Senegalese general to head UN CAR peace-building office

2014 World Cup qualifying group A match South Africa Vs Central African Republic: South Africa beats Central African Republic 3-0 South Africa on Saturday beat Central African Republic 3-0 in their 2014 World Cup qualifying group A match played in ...

Tensions are rife in the Central African Republic, 3 months after former President Bozizé was ousted by a coup led by a rebel coalition known as Séléka. For the country's new president Michel Djotodia, one of the leaders of the Séléka rebel ...

The United Nations children's agency says that 41 children have been released from armed groups in Central African Republic. UNICEF says that recent fighting has caused a sharp increase in the recruitment of child soldiers, who were used in some of the ...

At least 16 people have been killed during clashes in the Central African Republic (CAR) between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers. A military source said LRA fighters, on the run from Uganda where they fought the government ...

Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia said Tuesday that his volatile country would halt trade in diamonds pending reforms to ensure that they are not used to fund conflicts. "There will be no more talk of conflict diamonds in Central ...

At least four people died and several were injured in fighting between military police and Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic at the weekend, a military police official said today.

Indians injured in Banqui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), on March 25 alleged that they had been fired upon by the French Army without warning. The French government had earlier claimed that the Indian and Chadian nationals travelling in three ...

The people of the Central African Republic remained at grave risk of abuse and violence, as numerous armed groups continued to operate, despite several declaring they had ceased fighting. Many civilians were killed, abducted, ill-treated or ...

A rebel leader, whose fighters seized the capital of the Central African Republic over the weekend, took to the airwaves to make his first declaration late Monday, announcing he had dissolved the...