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…
Central African Republic
Congolese ex-vice president convicted at international court
By MIKE CORDER The International Criminal Court convicted a former Congolese vice president Monday of murder, rape and pillage committed by members of his militia in the Central African Republic…
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.…
France to pull 1,200 troops from Central African Republic
ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (AP) — France’s president says the country will withdraw 1,200 troops from the Central African Republic by autumn now that U.N. peacekeepers are…
Central African Republic at risk of genocide, says group
By PAUL SCHEMM In this May 23, 2014 picture, Fulani civilians gather in Bambari, Central African Republic. In a report released Tuesday June 24, 2014, the International Federation for Human…
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…
UN: $12.9 BILLION AID NEEDED IN 2014
\By JOHN HEILPRIN A Syrian refugee woman fetches water at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Tens of thousands of…