ARTICLES RELATING TO
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has confirmed the deployment of SA troops in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic, to support the withdrawal of troops from the country.
Two women have stolne the show in the National Assembly for their bravery during the March battle between SA soldiers and Central African Republic rebels.
At least six people have died and several other were injured in fighting between military police and Seleka rebels in CAR at the weekend, a military police official says.
Budgetary constraints have crippled the SA Army in its attempts to fulfil national and international obligations, army chief Lieutenant General Vusimuzi Masondo says.
Ex-rebel fighters loyal to the new leader of Central African Republic went on a rampage after toppling the former president, executing opponents, raping women and looting homes, Human Rights Watch says.
The UN children’s agency says a 17-year-old boy who had been twice recruited by rebels was among those stoned to death by a mob in Central African Republic.
Cites fears a possible massacre of Central African Republic elephants after poaching reports.
The air force has showed off its military might with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented "peace enforcing" deployment to the eastern DRC.
The WWF has said suspected poachers belonging to the Seleka rebel group entered an elephant habitat in the Central African Republic.
Chad’s president, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa’s traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France disengages from its former colonies.
A new transitional ruling body in the unstable Central African Republic has met to work on the means to legislate and to prepare for elections in the wake of a March coup.
Seleka rebels who ousted CAR president are solidifying their control over the country’s lucrative diamond industry and have been selling some of the stones, witnesses say.
The Central African Republic's interim government has opened a probe into human rights abuses committed under ousted president Francois Bozize.
CAR’s neighbours have gathered at a summit in Brazzaville proposed the creation of a special fund to stem smouldering post-coup unrest and plan elections next year.
No effort should be spared in bringing stability to the Central African Republic, President Jacob Zuma says.
