GENEVA, Switzerland, – African Press Organization (APO) – The deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic and the humanitarian consequences for the population are deeply troubling. The current upsurge in fighting is the deadliest the country has experienced since March. “Civilians are ...
Category Archives : Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Delivering emergency aid before the rains arrive
Jun 1, 2013
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GENEVA, Switzerland, May 31, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – With the rainy season approaching, the ICRC has been delivering food aid and seed, and seeing to it that people are provided with health care. With security still not fully restored in Bangui, ...
Food crisis looms in the Central African Republic
May 13, 2013
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Food assistance is emerging as an urgent humanitarian priority in the Central African Republic (CAR). Assessments carried out earlier this year show that many people cannot afford the little food that ...
Ban Ki moon calls for rapid restoration of constitutional order in Central African Republic
Apr 7, 2013
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NEW YORK, – African Press Organization (APO) – Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon’s message to the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) extraordinary summit on the Central African Republic in N’djaména, Chad, 3 April: I would like to commend ...
Central African Republic: “Our priority is to treat the wounded”
Mar 29, 2013
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PARIS, France, March 29, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Six days after Seleka rebels took control of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, only one hospital in the city is functioning. A team from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without ...
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic
Mar 25, 2013
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NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – The Secretary-General condemns the unconstitutional seizure of power that took place in the Central African Republic (CAR) on 24 March 2013 and calls for the swift restoration of constitutional order. ...
Francois Bozize re-elected president of the Central African Republic
Feb 2, 2011
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BANGUI, February 2, 2011 (AFP) – Francois Bozize has been re-elected president of the Central African Republic, according to provisional results released by the electoral commission on Tuesday. The commission said Bozize received 66.08 percent of the vote in the January ...
Central African Republic votes for a new president
Jan 21, 2011
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BANGUI, January 21, 2011 (AFP) – The destitute Central African Republic votes for a new president and parliament on Sunday with peace the prize for a resource-rich country undercut by years of instability and rebellion. Incumbent Francois Bozize is tipped to ...
“Indefinite” Presidency means embracing oddities
Jul 23, 2010
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As Botswana and Mauritius, countries with Africa’s best development indicators demonstrate, reveal one of the ways of diagnosing Africa’s development is how the respective states’ elites think. That’s whether their thinking is deep enough to consider the global prosperity ideals, ...