Tag: Bangui

CAR crisis ‘far from over’

January 14, 2014 Central African Republic Bangui, Bossangoa, Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia

The crisis in the Central African Republic is far from over, despite the resignation of President Michel Djotodia, according to a local Catholic archbishop. “The shooting has ceased, but the tensions are still there,” said Nestor Desire Nongo-Aziagbia, archbishop of Bossangoa. “Resignation is a first step towards solving the crisis.” . . . Read More

Central African Republic Christians petition for President’s removal

December 24, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Anti-balaka, Bangui, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

Michel Djotodia, President of the Central African Republic.Crispin for World Watch Monitor One person has been killed and around 40 wounded after African Union (AU) troops reportedly fired at a group of Christian protestors in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). The Christians had gathered near the . . . Read More

Three pastors among dead in Central African Republic

December 13, 2013 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Michel Djotodia, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Seleka, UN

More than 400 people died in three days of violence, according to the Red Cross.World Watch Monitor Three pastors were among those killed in the recent interfaith violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Pastors Raymond Doui, 46, Elisha Zama, 33, and Jean-Louis Makamba, 48, were killed . . . Read More

Scores killed in Central African Republic

December 11, 2013 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Bocaranga, Bossangoa, Bozoum, Michel Djotodia, Seleka, UN

Dozens of people are being treated in the corridors of overcrowded hospitals.World Watch Monitor Three days of sectarian violence have left hundreds dead in the Central African Republic capital. An offensive in Bangui by Christian-dominated anti-Balaka militias on Dec. 5 sparked fierce reprisals from mainly Muslim Séléka rebel forces. In . . . Read More

Séléka attacks hospital in CAR

December 7, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, Seleka, UN

Séléka forces attacked a hospital in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui on Friday, killing at least a dozen patients, Al Jazeera reports. Gunmen pulled patients from the hospital and shot them. The hospital has been abandoned. The attack occurred as additional French forces began deploying throughout the northwest . . . Read More

Satellite evidence of CAR destruction

November 29, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, UN

Human Rights Watch has released satellite images of the destruction caused during a recent attack on the village of Camp Bangui in the Central African Republic. The images, recorded on the morning of November 23, show half the village burnt to the ground. The New York-based rights organisation said it . . . Read More

Clerics call on UN military force to secure Central African Republic

October 22, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Chad, Seleka, Sudan, UN

Church leaders in the Central African Republic have issued a joint appeal for international action.World Watch Monitor The leaders of the Central African Republic’s 4 million Christians have issued a joint plea for military help to disarm a largely Muslim insurgency and prevent “genocidal interfaith civil war”. Meeting Oct. 3-6 . . . Read More

Catholic clerics mugged at gunpoint in Central African Republic

October 3, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Bossangoa, Bozoum, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

Fr. Beniamino Gusmeroli was attacked by armed men on Friday.ACN Two Catholic clerics in the Central African Republic were bound and robbed by armed men on Friday, Sept. 27. Italian missionary Fr. Beniamino Gusmeroli, and Fr. Martial Mengue, a Central African deacon, were attacked by men believed to be . . . Read More

Police arrest pastor for Sunday sermon

August 7, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Seleka

Angered by a Sunday sermon, police in the Central African Republic arrested Rev. Nicolas Guerékoyamé on Tuesday (6 August), releasing him several hours later. Authorities accused Guerékoyamé, president of the Evangelical Alliance in the Central African Republic, of making “excessive and extremist comments” and “striking a blow at the dignity . . . Read More

OIC letter from C. African Republic President sought support for Islamic republic

May 22, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Alindao, Bambari, Bangassou, Bangui, Bossangoa, Catholics, Kaga Bandoro, Michel Djotodia, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Seleka

Michel Djotodia, CAR President.Crispin for World Watch Monitor The Catholic Church in the Central African Republic (CAR) has written a letter to the former rebel leader and new President, Michel Djotodia, raising concerns about his past and asking him to speak out against the suffering inflicted on civilians by . . . Read More

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