13.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Uganda captures high-ranking Lord's Resistance Army member" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Ugandan troops have captured Caesar Acellam, a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic [ID 216596]

05.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Central African Republic (the): 3,500 suffering from water, food shortages in Dembri camp" , Author: Radio Dabanga

3,500 refugees in Dembri camp are suffering from lack of food and water shortages; relief supplies were stopped in February [ID 215863]

01.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Victim tells of rape as Bemba's troops stormed her village" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Jean-Pierre Bemba, ex-vice president of DR Congo, is on trial for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague; a Central African woman tells of rape by soldiers [ID 215558]

30.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"US forces join jungle search for Kony"

Leader of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, pursued by 4 African armies with support from US army [ID 215470]

20.04.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Central African Republic: LRA Attacks Escalate"

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) carried out at least 53 attacks in DR Congo and the Central African Republic between January and March, abducting 90 civilians and killing 9 others [ID 214480]

19.04.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Briefing: DDR in CAR - hopes and hurdles"

Article on the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) process [ID 214484]

30.03.2012 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"LRA attacks on the rise in central Africa"

Article on the recent increase in violence committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [ID 213437]

06.03.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Hard homecoming for Ndélé returnees"

Bamingui-Bangoran district: Thousands of returnees are living in difficult conditions as the security situation is still precarious, say officials [ID 211380]

03.2012 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 

"Briefing on Central African Republic for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women" , Author: Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children

Brief report of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children on corporal punishment of children in the Central African Republic [ID 214888]

28.02.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Military offensive creating humanitarian problems"

Operations to help IDPs in Central African Republic (CAR) are hampered as joint military offensive between CAR and Chad try to oust Chad's Front Populaire pour le Redressement [ID 211030]

11.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Bembry refugee camp facing food and water shortages" , Author: Radio Dabanga

Bembry camp: Refugees have not received food rations for more than 2 months and are facing an acute shortage of drinking water, along with a lack of shelter and medical assistance [ID 210103]

09.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"LRA Crisis Tracker Annual Security Brief" , Author: Invisible Children, Resolve

Annual overview on reported activities by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in DR Congo, South Sudan & the Central African Republic (reporting period 2011) [ID 210559]

03.02.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Analysis: The LRA - not yet a spent force"

Brief analysis on the current situation of the Lord’s Resistance Army [ID 209860]

27.01.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Dismay over editor's 10-month jail sentence"

Ferdinand Samba, editor of the daily "Le Démocrate", sentenced to 10 months in prison on a charge of libelling finance minister Sylvain Ndoutingai; Samba was taken into custody on 16 January in connection with a series of articles criticising Ndoutingai [ID 209401]

13.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Central African rebel group quits peace process" , Author: Agence France-Presse

The former rebel group People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) said it was pulling out of a peace process because of the arrest of its chief, Jean-Jacques Demafouth [ID 208416]

13.01.2012 - Source:UN General Assembly 

"Conflict-related sexual violence : report of the Secretary-General [A/66/657–S/2012/33]"

Report of the UN Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence [ID 210479]

11.01.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"UN highlights "security vacuum" as northern clashes continue"

On 26 December 2011, members of the group Front Populaire Pour le Redressement (FPR) clashed with fighters of the Front Démocratique du Peuple Centrafricain (FDPC) in the village of Vafio; 3 FPR fighters were killed; according to unconfirmed press reports, 4 civilians were killed a few days later when the FPR attacked the town of Kabo [ID 208303]

09.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Central African Republic ex-rebel leader arrested" , Author: Agence France-Presse

According to authorities, police arrested ex-rebel leader Jean-Jaques Demafouth for an alleged bid to destabilise the country [ID 208188]

2012 - Source:Freedom House 

"Insult Laws: Insulting to Press Freedom; A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2010" , Author: World Press Freedom Committee; Freedom House

Joint report by the World Press Freedom Committee and Freedom House on the evolution of insult laws in 2010 [ID 214039]

13.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Report highlights Central African Republic's alarming mortality rates"

HIV infection rates, poor healthcare and conflict are the main causes of high death rates in the country, according to a report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) [ID 207009]

29.11.2011 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Central African Republic (the): Border reopens between Cameroon and Central Africa" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Garoua-Boulai: According to a Central African military source, the border between Cameroon and the Central African Republic, closed after a military clash in November 2011, has reopened [ID 206515]

28.11.2011 - Source:UN Security Council 

"Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic and on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in that country [S/2011/739]"

Report of the Secretary-General on the political, socio-economic, humanitarian and security situation, disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, recovery and development, human rights, etc. [ID 208278]

22.11.2011 - Source:Reuters

"African Union declares Uganda's LRA a terror group" , Author: AlertNet

The African Union (AU) formally designated as a terrorist group Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), accused of killings, rape and child kidnappings [ID 206089]

22.11.2011 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Deep hardship in C. Africa's diamond capital: mediator" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Bria region: People are living under difficult conditions; leaders of 2 armed movements fighting for control of the diamond business called for peace among the people [ID 206132]

17.11.2011 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"The Lord’s Resistance Army: End Game?"

Report on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group (violence committed by the LRA; military efforts to fight the LRA; conflicts and tensions within and between communities as a result of LRA attacks) [ID 205846]