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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
C.A.R retakes rebel stronghold

C.A.R retakes rebel stronghold

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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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Jan
17
2021
By The African Mirror
CAR coup ‘adventure has no future’

CAR coup ‘adventure has no future’

NEWS
A top French general in West Africa has dismissed calls for his country to engage more in Central African Republic (CAR) after rebels earlier this week attempted to take the capital Bangui, saying that the situation was different to a rebellion in 2013. The Central African army has been battling groups backed by former president Francois Bozize that are seeking to overturn a December 27 vote in which President Faustin-Archange Touadera was declared victor despite fraud claims. Russia and Rwanda have sent troops to back the government. A separate U.N. peacekeeping mission also operates in the country, but France, which…
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Jan
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Central African rebels attack and enter town before election results announced

Central African rebels attack and enter town before election results announced

NEWS
ANTOINE ROLLAND REBEL fighters in the Central African Republic attacked and partially occupied a diamond-mining town on Sunday, four security and humanitarian sources said, a day before authorities are due to declare results of the presidential election. At least five rebels were killed and two army soldiers wounded in the clashes in Bangassou, which lies on the southern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSCA said in a statement. Rebels, whom the government and United Nations say are backed by ex-president Francois Bozize, launched an offensive last month after the constitutional court rejected Bozize's candidacy…
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Dec
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Violence closed 800 polling stations in Central African Republic

Violence closed 800 polling stations in Central African Republic

NEWS
MORE than 14% of polling stations in the Central African Republic failed to operate during Sunday's presidential and legislative election due to armed rebels who attacked voters and barred electoral staff, the electoral commission has announced. Around 800 out of a total 5,408 polling stations nationwide did not open, Theophile Momokouama, an executive of the electoral authority, told a news conference in Bangui. "There were localities where voters were brutalized, threatened with death. The electoral staff were forbidden to deploy on the ground," Momokouama said. The diamond- and gold-rich nation of 4.7 million has struggled to stabilise due to a…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia, Rwanda send military support to Central Africa Republic to quell election violence

Russia, Rwanda send military support to Central Africa Republic to quell election violence

NEWS
ANTOINE ROLLAND RWANDA and Russia have sent troops and supplies to the Central African Republic to help counter a surge in violence by rebel groups ahead of Sunday's election, officials and a security source in Bangui said. Security forces and U.N. peacekeepers have been battling rebels who have occupied towns and roads outside the capital. The authorities accuse former president Francois Bozize, whose presidential candidacy was rejected by the courts, of plotting a coup with several militant groups. A spokesman for Bozize's KNK party has denied the accusations. President Faustin-Archange Touadera, who is seeking re-election, came to office in 2016…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Central African Republic opposition calls for election delay due to violence

Central African Republic opposition calls for election delay due to violence

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ANTOINE ROLLAND CENTRAL African Republic's main opposition coalition on Sunday demanded the December 27 general election be postponed due to violence by armed groups outside the capital Bangui, while the government insisted the vote would go ahead. On Saturday, the authorities accused former president Francois Bozize of plotting a coup after his candidacy was rejected, as U.N. peacekeepers dispersed armed rebel groups occupying roads and towns near Bangui. Fighting was ongoing in several towns, including Mbaiki, about 100 km (62 miles) from Bangui, according to one security source and two humanitarian sources. Francois Bozize The opposition alliance, called Cod2020, which…
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Dec
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Central African Republic court rejects ex-president Bozize’s candidacy

Central African Republic court rejects ex-president Bozize’s candidacy

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THE top court in the Central African Republic (CAR) has rejected the candidacy of former President Francois Bozize in a December 27 election, in which he planned to run against incumbent Faustin-Archange Touadera. The court said in its ruling that Bozize, 74, did not satisfy the "good morality" requirement for candidates because of an international warrant and U.N. sanctions against him for alleged assassinations, torture and kidnapping. Bozize, a former general and army chief, was overthrown in a 2013 rebellion by a coalition of mainly Muslim rebels from the north, plunging the majority Christian nation into a violent civil war…
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Sep
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Central African Republic President Touadera announces second term bid

Central African Republic President Touadera announces second term bid

NEWS
ANTOINE ROLLAND  CENTRAL African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera had declared he would stand for a second term in the December election, pressing on with preparations for a vote that the opposition wants to be delayed due to concerns over voter registrations. The main opposition coalition is questioning the credibility of the election, after instability in the region and the coronavirus pandemic disrupted voter rolls and required parliament to tweak the electoral calendar. Faustin-Archange Touadera made his candidacy announcement to a crowd of 6,000 supporters in a sports hall in the capital Bangui that had been repainted for the occasion in…
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Jul
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Deposed Central African Republic leader announces presidential bid

Deposed Central African Republic leader announces presidential bid

NEWS
ANTOINE ROLLAND DEPOSED former Central African Republic President Francois Bozize announced on Saturday his candidacy for the December presidential vote despite being under U.N. sanctions and subject to an arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity. He made the expected announcement in a speech to a large crowd of supporters at a congress of his party Kwa na Kwa (Work, Nothing But Work) in the capital Bangui. The 73-year-old former general and army chief was overthrown in a 2013 rebellion by a coalition of mainly Muslim rebels from the north, plunging the majority Christian nation into a violent civil war…
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