Central African Republic : News
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New multi-level response is needed to resolve Darfur crisisAs the crisis in Sudan s Darfur region worsens and negotiations to end it drag on, an international consensus is emerging around a muscular policy based on public denunciation, severe economic sanctions, and, ... via Taipei Times
(Topix.net)Central Africal Republic peace deal signed
The government of the Central African Republic has signed a peace deal with the APRD rebel movement. via Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
(Topix.net)Central African Republic: Who's Who With Guns?
The Central African Republic is striving to turn the page on decades of armed violence linked to mutinies, coups and attempted coups. via AllAfrica.com
(Topix.net)Who's Who With Guns?
The Central African Republic is striving to turn the page on decades of armed violence linked to mutinies, coups and attempted coups. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain displaced, many of them unable, or too afraid, to farm their land. This is an overview of the various armed groups, government security forces and international military missions in the country. (AllAfrica)
A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA
Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony’s failure to sign a peace deal in April drove a nail into the coffin of the Juba peace process—a process that is grinding to an unsuccessful end.[1] (AllAfrica)
Safeguarding Children From Armed Conflict
For several years after war erupted in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, children were recruited to fight on all sides of the conflict. (AllAfrica)
Chad: Southern Region Relatively Stable Despite Influx of Refugees
"I commend you for the good work that you are doing, and I assure you of all my support in order to reinforce your capacities in the security sector"
A good level of security prevails in southern Chad, despite concerns over road banditry and an influx of refugees from the Central African Republic , says the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the two ... via AllAfrica.com
(Topix.net)Albania to send troops to Chad, Central African Republic
"We will do our utmost to take part in NATO and other EU mission, to help with their peacekeeping work"
The Albanian government approved on Wednesday to send troops to Chad and the Central African Republic to take part in the EU-led peacekeeping mission on the ground. via People's Daily Online
(Topix.net)PAP discusses Africa's woes
"For now we don't have the power to compel, we can only make recommendations"
The Pan African Parliament on Tuesday presented a bleak outlook on peace and security in Africa as it met for its 9th ordinary session in Midrand. via Independent Online
(Topix.net)Russia provides 4 helicopters to EU's Darfur force
Russia will provide four helicopters to support the EU peacekeeping force in Chad and Central African Republic, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Tuesday. via Sudan Tribune
(Topix.net)Russia to join EU peacekeeping mission in Chad
Russia and the EU will sign a cooperation agreement for a joint peacekeeping operation in Chad and the Central African Republic, according to a joint communique released on Wednesday. via RIA Novosti
(Topix.net)EU ready for draft agt with Russia on crisis settlement - communique
The European Union is ready to work out a framework agreement with Russia on cooperation in the sphere of crisis settlement, it is said in a joint comunique adopted on the results of Russian Foreign Minister ... via ITAR-TASS
(Topix.net)Uganda's LRA rebels loot machetes in South Sudan
"The governments of Sudan, the CAR and the DRC - with the assistance of the U.N. - must join forces to secure the safety and release of those kidnapped immediately and bring those responsible to justice."
The Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army looted machetes and hoes from south of Yambio, the capital city of West Equatoria, the governor of the state, an Ugandan daily reported. via Sudan Tribune
(Topix.net)Cement - Bangui Negotiates Supply
"The President of the Central African Republic, General François Bozize instructed Prime Minister Faustin Archange Touadera to send me to negotiate with the Cameroonian authorities solutions to the acute shortage in the supply of cement that has hit our country". (AllAfrica)
Uganda: UN Peacekeepers Threaten to Attack LRA Rebels
"We are definitely prepared for it. The LRA falls within our mandate."
THE United Nations Peace keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, , has threatened to flush out the LRA rebels from their Garamba base in eastern Congo if they fail to sign the peace agreement. via AllAfrica.com
(Topix.net)Japan to offer $100 million in emergency food aid
To alleviate the global food shortage and political unrest in developing countries, Japan will provide more than $100 million in emergency aid before the Group of Eight summit in July, sources said. via Asahi Shimbun
(Topix.net)Amnesty International Calls for Release of Recent LRA Abductees
"Apparently one of the conditions he is making is that the charges that have been brought against him and other LRA commanders must be dropped by the International Criminal Court"
Amnesty International has called on the United Nations and governments in Central Africa to take immediate action to have men, women and children, thought to have been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in ... via Voice of America
(Topix.net)Darfur warring parties willing to discuss security arrangements - envoys
"But each one of them had his own position on how this can be brought about ... Whether this could lead to a cessation of hostilities or to a ceasefire, this is the work that is being accomplished now."
U.N. and African Union Peace envoys today announced the approval of all parties to the conflict in Darfur to start talks leading to stop the deterioration of the security situation before to engage in direct ... via Sudan Tribune
(Topix.net)Ugandan president says Kony "not serious" on talks
"But the people of south Sudan should know we stand with them and we have the means to work together with them to solve some of these problems"
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni accused fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony on Monday of not being serious about peace talks and hinted his forces could resume operations against the guerrillas. via Reuters
(Topix.net)Aid group blames governments for record number of people displaced from homes
"Nobody is suffering more from rising food prices than the urban poor, and these are the poorest of the poor"
GENEVA : The number of people uprooted in their own country reached a record high in 2007, and governments were often to blame for the displacement, an aid group said Thursday. via International Herald Tribune
(Topix.net)AXMIN Files NI 43-101 Technical Report
AXMIN Inc. is pleased to announce that today it has filed the Bankable Feasibility Study Summary report with respect to the Passendro Gold Project located in the Central African Republic , the results of which ... via Earth Times
(Topix.net)U.S. Senate Passes Measure Calling for Resolution to Crisis in Chad, Central African Republic, and Sudan
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution authored by U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, calling on governments, multinational bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the Central African Republic (CAR), and Sudan to implement a comprehensive peace process to end the violence.  The bipartisan resolution recognizes that the conflicts in Chad, CAR, and Sudan are intricately related and require increased cooperation and commitment from the national governments, backed by the wider international community.  Despite agreements to cease support to rebel groups, these countries continue to suffer cross-border attacks by armed militants, which have already displaced thousands and left millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance.  Feingold’s resolution is co-sponsored by Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN), Carl Levin (D-MI), and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and 19 other senators. (AllAfrica)
Patience of LRA Victims Wearing Thin
"This scripture is coming to pass on Kony and his fighters."
Link to original article by Patrick Okino in Lira, northern Uganda. Published in AR No. via IWPR
(Topix.net)CHAD: UN mission set to train police for the east
"A total of 850 officers will eventually make up the DIS"
CHAD: UN mission set to train police for the east NDJAMENA, 10 April 2008 - The training of 77 national police commanders for a special force to provide security in refugee camps, sites for displaced Chadians ... via IRIN News
(Topix.net)Rebel chief refuses to sign peace deal
"If Kony requires an explanation, that's absolutely legitimate. We are happy he is willing to continue dialogue and seek clarification because it's a matter that deals with his fate"
Internal affairs minister Ruhakana Rugunda and South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar arrive at the assembly point By Milton Olupot in Ri-Kwangba, Sudan LRA chief Joseph Kony yesterday refused to sign the ... via New Vision
(Topix.net)UN Security Council reiterates concern at situation in Chad, CAR
The UN Security Council reiterated on Wednesday their concern at the situation in eastern Chad and the north-eastern Central African Republic , in particular on the humanitarian level. via People's Daily Online
(Topix.net)Plight of Displaced Worries Security Council
Condemning continued armed activity of rebel groups in eastern Chad, members of the Security Council today expressed their concern over the humanitarian situation in that region and the neighbouring north-eastern Central African Republic (CAR), as the number of displaced persons continues to swell. (AllAfrica)
Plight Of Displaced In Chad/CAR Worries UN Council
"They stressed that the full deployment of MINURCAT and EUFOR Chad/CAR will contribute to the protection of vulnerable civilian populations and to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, pursuant to resolution 1778 (2007)"
Condemning continued armed activity of rebel groups in eastern Chad, members of the Security Council today expressed their concern over the humanitarian situation in that region and the neighbouring ... via Scoop
(Topix.net)UN Mission Starts Training Local Police
The United Nations mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) is launching a programme tomorrow to train 77 Chadian police and gendarmerie commanders in law and order and respect for human rights. (AllAfrica)
UNHCR Appeals For $40M For Displaced In Darfur
"Preventing sexual and gender-based violence also remains a key challenge"
The United Nations refugee agency today issued an appeal for $40.3 million to provide protection and assistance to refugees and internally displaced people in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region in 2008. via Scoop
(Topix.net)The paper border
"Don't commit a felony and they are infinitesimally small"
Compared to the lax security controls of America's visa system, the U.S. border with Mexico looks like an impenetrable fortress. via PittsburghLIVE.com
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