by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2014 | World
Bangui, Central African Republic, AP—The interim leader of the Central African Republic vowed on Monday that the era of anarchy in the tumultuous country was now over, a bold declaration made only days after the man who had seized power in a coup last year stepped...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2014 | World
Bangui, Reuters—Gunfire rang out, mosques were attacked and Muslim-owned shops and houses were looted overnight in the Central African Republic’s capital, and the former president left for exile in Benin after stepping down as part of a drive to restore order....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2013 | World
Bangui, AP—After a period of relative calm, violence flared anew Friday in the Central African Republic with shootouts at checkpoints, the destruction of a mosque and angry demonstrations against Chadian peacekeepers that left at least 30 dead. The impoverished...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 10, 2013 | World
Bangui, Central African Republic, AP—Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in Central African Republic’s capital, President Francois Hollande’s office announced Tuesday, underscoring the challenges of a new French military intervention in the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 6, 2013 | World
Bangui, Reuters—France launched its second major African intervention in a year on Friday as its troops rushed to the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, to stem violence that already claimed over 100 lives this week. France, which stamped out an advance...
