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Jul
30
2021
By The African Mirror
U.N. arms embargo on CAR extended for year, China abstains

U.N. arms embargo on CAR extended for year, China abstains

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS  THE United Nations Security Council has extended a Central African Republic (CAR) arms embargo and targeted sanctions regime for another year, however, China abstained in the vote because it believes the measures should be removed. The 15-member Security Council imposed the arms embargo on CAR in December 2013 when mainly Muslim Selaka rebels ousted then-president Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias. A targeted sanctions regime was agreed upon in 2014 when U.N. peacekeepers were also deployed to the country. The gold and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million people have since been mired in violence. "There appears…
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Jul
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Russia sends 600 instructors to the CAR

Russia sends 600 instructors to the CAR

NEWS
RUSSIA recently sent a group of 600 military instructors to the Central African Republic to train the army, police, and national gendarmerie, Russia's foreign ministry said has announced. Moscow is in the spotlight after a United Nations report, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, said Russian military instructors and local troops had targeted civilians with excessive force, indiscriminate killings, occupation of schools and large-scale looting. The Kremlin has said it is a lie that Russian instructors had taken part in killings or robberies. Russia notified the United Nations Security Council of the deployment of the 600 instructors, Russia's foreign ministry told…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Russians accused of CAR abuses

Russians accused of CAR abuses

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS RUSSIAN military instructors and Central African Republic (CAR) troops targeted civilians with excessive force, indiscriminate killings, occupation of schools and large-scale looting, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters. The sanctions experts report to the U.N. Security Council also accuses groups linked to the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) rebels of forced recruitment of children, attacks on peacekeepers, sexual violence and the looting of aid groups. Russia and France, which has some 300 troops in the African nation, have been competing for influence in the gold and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million. Russia sent hundreds…
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Jun
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Frenchman charged with espionage in the C.A.R

Frenchman charged with espionage in the C.A.R

NEWS
A French national has been charged with espionage in the Central African Republic, a month after he was arrested with a cache of weapons and ammunition at his home, the African nation's attorney general has announced. Police arrested Juan Remy Quignolot, 55, in May after finding weapons, military fatigues and foreign banknotes at his residence in the capital Bangui. Authorities accused him of having aided and trained rebel fighters since 2013. The gold- and diamond-producing nation of 4.7 million people has seen repeated bouts of militia violence since 2013, including a civil war that ended in 2016, as well as…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

NEWS
CHAD and the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were killed by Central African troops, a joint statement said Tuesday. The incident threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries since Chad participated in African efforts to stabilise CAR in 2013, which has been wracked by rebel insurgencies ever since. "The two parties have recognised the gravity of the situation and stress the urgency of clarifying the circumstances in which this attack was carried out," the countries' foreign…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Pandemic pushes more child vendors onto Central African Republic’s streets

Pandemic pushes more child vendors onto Central African Republic’s streets

HUMAN RIGHTS
INES KPAKOLE ABDIAS is not afraid of contracting coronavirus when he leaves home each day with a basket of hard-boiled eggs to sell on the busy streets of Bangui, the Central African Republic's capital. But the 11-year-old street vendor does fear the punishment he will endure if he fails to earn enough money for his family. "My mother beats me and blames it on me," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation one afternoon while selling his wares under the scorching sun with little to eat or drink. Abdias left school last year as his mother could not afford the fees,…
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Apr
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Central African Republic militia leader dies from injuries, say rebels

Central African Republic militia leader dies from injuries, say rebels

NEWS
A Central African Republic militia leader blacklisted by the United States and the U.N. for human rights abuses including rape and torture has died from injuries he sustained in November, his armed group said yesterday. Sidiki Abass, leader of the Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation or 3R armed group, died on March 25 at a health centre in Kambakota, around 320km north of the capital Bangui, according to a statement signed by "General Bobbo", who described himself as the new leader of the rebel force. The country has been mired in violence since a coalition of mostly northern and predominantly Muslim rebels…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
CAR President vows to tackle armed groups

CAR President vows to tackle armed groups

NEWS
JUDICAEL YONGO CENTRAL African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second five-year term yesterday, vowing to eliminate armed groups and attract investment to the gold- and diamond-rich country wracked by prolonged political instability. Touadera, 63, was re-elected in a December poll that was disrupted by militia attacks on major cities. The central African country has failed to find stability since a 2013 rebellion ousted former President Francois Bozize. The latest rebel offensive was sparked by the top court's decision to reject Bozize's candidacy in the election. Touadera said zero impunity for armed groups would be the core…
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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
C.A.R retakes rebel stronghold

C.A.R retakes rebel stronghold

NEWS
CENTRAL African Republic's army, backed by Russian and Rwandan allies, regained control yesterday of the rebel stronghold of Bossangoa, extending a series of victories over an insurgency that had recently overrun the town, the government said. A surge in violence linked to a disputed December 27 presidential election has forced more than 200,000 civilians to flee their homes, stalled flows of food and driven up prices for basic goods. Rebels aligned with former president Francois Bozize seized Bossangoa, his hometown 260 km (160 miles) northwest of the capital Bangui, and several other towns after the constitutional court barred his candidacy…
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Feb
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Children seen at risk of recruitment in C.A.R fighting

Children seen at risk of recruitment in C.A.R fighting

NEWS
EMELINE WUILBERCQ ARMED groups have recruited nearly 3,000 children in Central African Republic (CAR) since violence flared over a December 27 election result and more are at risk as aid fails to reach many people driven from their homes, aid workers said. More than 210,000 people have been uprooted by the fighting, with children increasingly vulnerable to forcible recruitment as humanitarian supplies are cut off by widespread violence and attacks on aid convoys, leaving tens of thousands in dire need. "Children are increasingly exposed to recruitment by armed men for about $30, and many carry the scars and trauma from…
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