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Looting, killing of Christians, churches set on fire in CAR – UN

December 18, 2013 Global Authorafrica, CAR, Christians, refugees, war

People are pictured at a refugee camp set in the garden of Notre Dame de Fatima church, in Bangui, Central African Republic on December 16, 2013. Picture: FRED DUFOUR / AFP GENEVA – Some 210,000 people have been uprooted from their homes by violence in the Central African Republic capital in the past two weeks alone, the United Nations… Read More

Central African Republic: Tragedy At the Imam’s House

December 12, 2013 Global AuthorCAR, HRW, UN, violence, war

Photo: Voxcom/IRIN Some of the LRA soldiers sit outside, Sudan, April 2007. On Thursday morning, the photographer Marcus Bleasdale and I went to see the imam of Bossangoa, Central African Republic (CAR), at his home in the Muslim Boro district of the town. The situation in Bossangoa was tense as word spread of heavy fighting in the capital, Bangui, between the… Read More

What’s at stake in the Central African Republic?

January 10, 2013 Global AuthorCAR, Central African Republic, Imperialism, minerals, Rebels

Recent events in the Central African Republic (CAR) provides a test-case for the future of the continent and the role of imperialist governments in their ongoing interventions into the internal affairs of various nation-states. Threatened with a rebel alliance, known as Seleka, the regime of President Francois Bozize has been making an effort to remain in power by requesting the... Read More

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Looting, killing of Christians, churches set on fire in CAR – UN

Central African Republic: Tragedy At the Imam’s House

What’s at stake in the Central African Republic?