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Violence killed more than 1,000 people in Bangui alone in a matter of days in December. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Witnesses: 9 more killed in C. African Republic

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2014 | World

Bangui, AP—Raging violence in Central African Republic’s capital, including mob attacks and an apparent assassination attempt targeting the lawless country’s former justice minister, killed at least nine people over the weekend, witnesses and officials...

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Catherine Samba-Panza (R), interim president of the Central African Republic, shakes hands with the General of the French peacekeeping military operation in the the country Francisco Soriano before her address to the Central African Army Forces (FACA) at the National College of Administration and Magistrature in the capital Bangui February 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)

France likely to extend mission in C.African Republic—minister

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 6, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Reuters—French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday the United Nations would probably have to renew a French mandate for French troops to restore order in Central African Republic when it expires in May. France deployed 1,600 troops there in...

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The mayor of Bangui, Catherine Samba-Panza, waves to National Transitional Council (CNT) members after being elected interim president of the Central African Republic on January 20, 2014, in Bangui. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)

Central African Republic chooses mayor as new leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 21, 2014 | World

Bangui, AP—Members of a national transitional council chose the female mayor of the Central African Republic’s capital to lead the country out of chaos on Monday, as a top UN official urged the international community to keep the nation from “crossing the...

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Central African transitional parliament chief (CNT) Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet, the head of Central African Republic’s (CAR) transitional assembly, gives a speech at the Gendarmerie headquarters in Bangui, January 13, 2014. (REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)

Central African Republic leader says chaos ‘over’

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...

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Former Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia in the capital, Bangui, on December 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Central African Republic’s capital tense as ex-leader heads into exile

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....