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Red Cross calls for unconditional release of kidnapped staff members
... Darfur based gunmen on November 9 kidnapped other two French aid workers in the northeast of the Central African Republic. They were seized in Birao, a town located near three borders where the Central African Republic adjoins Sudan and Chad. "I ... Comment?
Chad: UN Staff Escape Injury After Attack in Southeast Chad
... convoy and fled, according to a press release issued by the UN peacekeeping force in Chad and the Central African Republic (known as MINURCAT). Members of the Chadian Detachement Integre de Securite (DIS) team, which had been accompanying the ... Comment?
Libreville - Armed men shot and wounded a Chadian soldier in the east of the country on Sunday, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad said in a statement. Comment?
Red Cross appeals for release of aid workers
... October in a string of attacks in an area straddling eastern Chad, Sudan's war-torn Darfur and the Central African Republic. The pattern of incidents, along with carjackings and other security problems blamed on a mix of banditry and political ... Comment?
Nepali Government Has Failed to Provide Accountability
Bar human rights violators from UN peacekeeping missions Amnesty International today called on Nepal's government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate in the United Nations peace keeping mission in the Central African Republic and Chad. Comment?
Critics bristle at UN force in Chad, CAR
N'Djamena: Under-manned, ill-equipped and rarely seen in the streets: critics say the UN force in Chad and Central African Republic is failing in its duty to protect aid workers and refugees in the troubled region. Comment?
UN force on alert against LRA threat
... in and around Dungu, a town in Congo's remote northeast, near the border with Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR), where the wave of killings took place last year. "We know there is concern among the population ... the force commander has ... Comment?
By Patrick Fort Ndjamena - Under-manned, ill-equipped and rarely seen on the streets: critics say the UN force in Chad and Central African Republic is failing in its duty to protect aid workers and refugees in the troubled region. Comment?
So this is Christmas, in the Congo
... to spread his campaign of terror outside Uganda, abducting children in DR Congo, South Sudan and Central African Republic, and training them to be brutal killers, and preparing a new generation of rebels from the children the abducted girls give ... Comment?
Commentary: International justice comes at a high price
... 2 and will resume on Jan. 26. The case of former vice-president Bemba, accused of crimes in the Central African Republic, will start on April 27. Analysts are wondering how the court will cope. "It's quite difficult to manage all of those (cases) ... Comment?
World urged to protect Southern Sudanese civilian from LRA attacks
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... nature of the Lorda TMs Resistance Army, or LRAa 'currently active in northeastern Congo, the Central African Republic, and southern Sudana 'is a clear threat to international peace and security. But the United Nations Security Council has yet to ... Comment?
2009 Science News of the Year: Humans
... with flexible sets of rules, finds an analysis of data from 18 societies, including the Aka in the Central African Republic (shown above). The findings challenge the popular idea that males evolved to be promiscuous and females to be selective ( SN: ... Comment?
Africa/Congo Dr - "We are fearing a bloody Christmas, like that of 2008. ...
... in a vast area comprising the northeastern part of the DRC, southern Sudan, and the eastern part of Central African Republic. After the failed offensive of December 2008 conducted by the armies of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan against the LRA ... Comment?
Central African Republic: Where diamonds damage diet
While she was helping to run a vaccination campaign in July, health worker and midwife Victorine Yangakola became aware of a serious nutritional crisis in Boda and surrounding villages in the western region of Lobaye. Comment?
Etisalat Secures Capacity on Intelsat 15 to Expand Broadband Services in the Middle East
... Sudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Togo, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and most recently Sri Lanka. Etisalat offers its customers a full range of telecommunication services ... Comment?
Forests In Focus At Copenhagen
... Central African States; H. E. Emmanuel Bizot, Ministre des Eaux, Forets, Chasses et Peches of the Central African Republic and President of COMIFAC; H. E. Dirk Niebel, German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development; and Hans Schipulle, ... Comment?
Limerick Lieutenant General receives fellowship award
A Limerick man who led the UN peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic and Chad has received the 'Paul Harris Fellowship Award' from the Limerick Shannon Rotary Club. Comment?
Central African Republic: Rebel with a Football Shirt
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I wonder what football star, Thierry Henri, would think if he knew that a young rebel soldier in the dusty north-west of the Central African Republic was wearing a Barcelona FC shirt bearing his name. Comment?
WES Arrow Boys take the lead in LRA fighting
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... in Western Equatoria particularly, at the villages bordering Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR); indeed the villages have been totally devastated. Initially the self defense force was at a small scale, and it grew ... Comment?
Central African Republic falling into political crisis?
New York, Dec 16 : International assistance is vital to prevent the Central African Republic from falling back into political crisis and potential new fighting as it prepares for elections next year after a decade of violence and conflict between Government and rebel forces, the top United Nations official for the country warned. Comment?