FRENCH BID TO DISARM AFRICAN MILITIAS A CHALLENGE
French troops wait for French President Francois Hollande to address the troops during a stopover from South Africa in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Two French soldiers…
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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…
UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…
Uganda warns that M23 Congo rebels could regroup
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27…
M23 fighters in eastern Congo say ending rebellion
By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and JOSEPH KAY FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of…