Tag: Bangui

  • Key Resources to Follow for Central African Republic News, Updates #CARCrisis

    Now that more news organizations and humanitarian agencies are on the ground in Bangui and its surrounding area in the Central African Republic there is more information on Twitter that we can all follow to get a clearer picture about what is happening in real time. As you might know there is increasing sectarian violence…

  • An Update on Central African Republic’s Growing Violence, Humanitarian Response

    Since I last wrote about the growing violence in the Central African Republic, things have made a marked turn for the worse. Even with a reported 7600 French (1600) and African Union (6000) troops on the ground and with United States’ air support inter-religious violence between Muslims and Christians has escalated into all-out militia and…

  • Central African Republic Descends into Religious Violence, Nears Genocide

    Reports are flashing across the wires that Central African Republic is embroiled in massive inter-religious violence that is mere stages away from full-on genocide. A coup in March saw Muslim rebels overthrow then president François Bozizé. Now, Central African Republic is being led by an interim president, Michel Djotodia. Djtodia is the country’s first Muslim president.…