Little help for survivors of Central African Republic abuses
By KRISTA LARSON The peacekeepers motioned to the teenage girl weaving through the sprawling camp in the baking afternoon sun selling bananas from a plate atop her head. Soon their…
Bangui
Child sex abuse claims shake UN as revelations continue
By CARA ANNA The boys said they approached the French soldiers because they were hungry. Some were so young they didn’t quite understand the acts the soldiers demanded in return.…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHOOSES MAYOR AS NEW LEADER
By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA and KRISTA LARSON In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 photo, a French soldier looks on as the body of a lynched Muslim man is burned by a…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT, PM STEPPING DOWN
By ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED and KRISTA LARSON FILE _ This is a Thursday Dec. 19, 2013 file photo of Michel Djotodia, Central African Republic’s president, as he walks back to the…
2 FRENCH SOLDIERS DIE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By KRISTA LARSON and JAMEY KEATEN A Christian mob attacks a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Two French soldiers were killed in combat in Central…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC MOBS LAUNCH ETHNIC ATTACKS
By KRISTA LARSON A French soldier screams at mobs of Christians attacking suspected Seleka members before firing warning shots near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9,…
C. AFRICAN EX-REBELS AND FRENCH PATROL STREETS
Internally displaced people gather in the Don Bosco Center outside Bangui, Central African Republic, Saturday, Dec. 7 2013, fearing reprisal attacks from the Muslim ex-rebels who control Central African Republic.…
NEARLY 100 DEAD IN CAR BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE
By KRISTA LARSON Shrouded bodies lay in a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. Over…