Central African Republic
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Jun- 2021 -4 JuneAfrica
Chad Sends More Troops to CAR Border
Chad has sent men and material to reinforce the border with the Central African Republic despite agreeing to jointly investigate a CAR attack that left six Chadian soldiers dead.
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May- 2021 -31 MayAfrica
Bomb Kills 2 CAR Police, 3 Russian Paramilitaries
A military convoy struck a roadside bomb in the northwest of Central African Republic, leaving two policemen and three Russian paramilitaries dead, the government said Sunday.
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Feb- 2021 -25 FebruaryAfrica
Fourteen Killed at Religious Site in C. Africa: Amnesty
Fourteen people, including at least two civilians, were killed inside a "religious site" as government and rebel forces fought for control of a Central African Republic town, Amnesty International said.
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Jan- 2021 -26 JanuaryAfrica
C.Africa Govt Says Forces Killed 44 Rebels in Counteroffensive
Central African Republic troops killed 44 rebel fighters participating in a push to encircle the capital Bangui and overturn newly-reelected President Faustin Archange Touadera, the government said Monday.
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18 JanuaryAfrica
Rebels Kill 2 Peacekeepers in Central African Republic
Rebels killed two peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, hours after the country's top court confirmed that President Touadera had won re-election.
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Dec- 2020 -23 DecemberAfrica
UN Says Seized C.African Town Under Peacekeepers’ Control
The Central African Republic's fourth-largest town, which was seized by rebels on Tuesday ahead of elections this weekend, is in the hands of United Nations peacekeepers and national security forces, the UN said.
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21 DecemberAfrica
Russia, Rwanda Send Troops to C.Africa After Alleged Coup Bid
The Central African Republic said Monday that Russia and Rwanda had sent in hundreds of troops after an alleged attempted coup ahead of weekend elections.
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Jul- 2020 -24 JulyAfrica
UN Peacekeeping Mission in C. Africa Kills 3 Rebel Fighters
Three militia fighters were killed in western Central African Republic last week in clashes with peacekeepers, the UN mission in the country has said.
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16 JulyAfrica
‘Influx of Foreign Fighters’ in Central African Republic: UN Report
UN experts charged with monitoring the arms embargo in the Central African Republic cited an influx of foreign fighters.
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May- 2020 -27 MayAfrica
Nine Militia Fighters Arrested in Central African Republic Killings
Nine fighters from an armed group that launched a week-long attack last week in south-eastern Central African Republic have been arrested. The assailants belong to a branch of the CAR’s biggest armed group, the Unity for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), the country’s special criminal court said in a statement on Monday. The court is responsible for trying cases of serious human rights violations in the country, which has been ravaged by conflict for more than 20 years. The UPC has committed “widespread and systematic attacks on the civilian population,” the court said. During the attacks on the town of Obo last week, government forces backed by U.N. troops killed around 10 fighters from the rebel militia and captured others, a government spokesman had told AFP. Led by a mercenary named Ali Darassa, the UPC has been campaigning for months to extend its grip in the southeast, at the crossroads of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. The UPC is one of myriad armed groups that have controlled most of the CAR since the country plunged into violence in 2013. A few months away from high-risk presidential elections due in December, the CAR continues to be plagued by militia …
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