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C.A.R extends state of emergency for 6 months

C.A.R extends state of emergency for 6 months

The Central African Republic (CAR) has extended a state of emergency for six months as it combats rebel groups, the government has announced. The CAR army, backed by United Nations, Russian and Rwandan troops, has been battling rebels who are trying to overturn a Dec. 27 election in which President Faustin-Archange Touadera won re-election. The state of emergency, initially declared on January 21, allows the military to detain suspects without going through a prosecutor. "The government asked the National Assembly (to extend it), and it accepted," government spokesman Ange Maxime Kazagui said. "We are in a state of war, and…
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