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Seven slain in attack on Central African town

Agence France-PresseJune 3, 2013 09:21
Armed men claiming to be members of the ruling Seleka movement in the Central African Republic killed seven people and wounded several others in an attack on the central town of Bouca, a military source said Monday. "Armed men who said they were Seleka forces attacked Bouca on Sunday morning, killing seven people, wounding many others with bullets and burning down almost 20 homes. The assailants... also took away possessions and promised to return. Most of the inhabitants have fled the town to take refuge in the bush," the source said.

C.African PM seeks French, African help to secure country

April 17, 2013 07:46
Central African Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye has appealed for the help of France and of a regional African force to help secure the country following violence in the wake of the rebel takeover last month. In a radio-television address late Tuesday, Tiangaye made the appeal to France and the multinational African peacekeeping force, Fomac, after around 20 people were killed at the weekend in Bangui amid clashes between former rebels and residents.

Thirteen dead in Central African Republic gunbattle

April 15, 2013 16:15
By Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Clashes between fighters who seized power in Central African Republic last month and youths loyal to the ousted former president has killed at least 13 people and left dozens wounded, medical sources said on Monday. The fighting on Sunday was the heaviest in the capital Bangui since a grouping of five rebel movements known as Seleka seized the city on March 24, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee to neighbouring Cameroon.

Central bank to reopen in Central African Republic after coup

April 1, 2013 10:30
By Ange Aboa BANGUI (Reuters) - Central Africa's regional central bank said it would reopen its branch in Bangui on Tuesday, and urged commercial lenders to do the same, offering a financial lifeline to cash-starved businesses a week after a coup. Rebels who accused the government of breaking past peace deals, stormed into the capital of Central African Republic on March 24, triggering days of looting.

URGENT ¥¥¥ 78 bodies found in Central African capital: Red Cross

March 29, 2013 10:31
The Red Cross in the Central African Republic announced Friday that it had "found 78 bodies" in the streets of the capital Bangui since it was seized last weekend by the rebel Seleka coalition. "Since Saturday til today, our volunteers have found 78 bodies that were taken to the morgues.... We ask the population to come to these sanitary institutions to identify the bodies with a view to taking them away for burial," Red Cross official Albert Yomba Eyamo told AFP. acp-xbs/nb/boc

S. African soldiers killed in Central Africa fighting: army

March 25, 2013 02:30
Several South African soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic were killed in clashes with rebels who captured the capital Bangui over the weekend, an army spokesman told AFP Monday. "Following the engagement that we had... there were some casualties from both sides," Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga said, without providing precise figures. South African radio station SAFM carried unconfirmed reports that up to nine South African soldiers had been killed and others wounded in clashes at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Bangui.

URGENT ¥¥¥ France confirms Central African leader has fled capital

March 24, 2013 10:30
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Sunday confirmed that Central African Republic President Francois Bozize had fled the capital Bangui, which is now under the control of rebels. "I call upon all sides to show the greatest restraint," Fabius said in a statement. Fighters in the Seleka rebel coalition launched an offensive on Bangui after the collapse of a two-month-old peace deal. cf/ach/mfp

Rebels reach presidential palace in Central African Republic's capital

March 24, 2013 04:45
BANGUI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting erupted in Central African Republic's capital Bangui early on Sunday and rebels seeking to topple the government reached the presidential palace, city residents said. "The (rebels) are in the city centre now where the presidential palace is... There's a lot of gunfire around the palace and even here where we are," said an employee at a hotel about 300 metres (yards) from the palace. (Reporting by Ange Aboa; Editing by Louise Ireland)

URGENT ¥¥¥ Shooting, explosions shake C. African capital: AFP

March 24, 2013 03:45
Gunfire and explosions shook the capital of the Central African Republic on Sunday after rebels said they had pushed into the city in their battle to oust President Francois Bozize, an AFP journalist reported. The journalist said the explosions and shooting could be heard in the south of Bangui, while a source in the Central African Multinational Force (FOMAC) said the firing had also resumed at around 0645 GMT in the north of the capital. pgf/txw/jms

Looters, gunmen roam Central African Republic capital after coup

March 23, 2013 12:00
By Ange Aboa BANGUI (Reuters) - Looters and gunmen roamed the streets of Central African Republic's capital Bangui on Tuesday as rebels and regional peacekeepers struggled to restore order two days after a coup plunged the mineral-rich country into chaos. The ousting of President Francois Bozize and the political turmoil around it has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis in the former French colony - and embarrassed regional power South Africa which had sent troops to defend the government.
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