Armed and ready, Ouattara forces await Ivory Coast end game
NORTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Armed and ready, hundreds of troops loyal to Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara are waiting to launch what they say will be the final assault on Abidjan. And...
View ArticleFrench minister visits troops in north Mali, says mission not over
GAO, Mali (Reuters) – France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a surprise visit on Thursday to French forces battling Islamist rebels in rugged northern Mali, saying their military mission...
View ArticleFrance to secure Mali before handing over mission
GAO, Mali (Reuters) – France will only hand over to African troops in Mali when security is restored, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his forces during a surprise visit to the rugged...
View ArticleSeven dead in tit-for-tat killings in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Seven people died in inter-religious attacks and reprisal killings in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Wednesday, a human rights campaigner said, underlining the...
View ArticleClashes in Central African Republic as new leader sworn in
BANGUI (Reuters) – Two people were shot dead in Central African Republic on Thursday in a clash that highlighted the scale of the task facing new interim President Catherine Samba-Panza as she took the...
View ArticleAt least 16 killed as Central African Republic swears in new leader
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 16 people died in clashes in Central African Republic on Thursday as new interim president Catherine Samba-Panza took office with a plea for militia to lay down their arms...
View ArticleAt least 16 killed as C.African Republic swears in new leader
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 16 people died in clashes in Central African Republic on Thursday as new interim president Catherine Samba-Panza took office with a plea for militia to lay down their arms...
View ArticleFormer minister killed as Central African Republic clashes escalate
BANGUI (Reuters) – A Muslim former minister was hacked to death by machete-wielding militiamen in the capital of the Central African Republic on Friday, as clashes escalated a day after interim...
View ArticleEight dead in Central African Republic capital, rebel leaders flee city
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed in mob violence in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Sunday as senior officers from the Seleka rebel movement fled the city, according to...
View ArticleCentral African Republic’s Muslims under attack: U.N. rights envoy
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s Muslim minority faces a rising wave of reprisal attacks and foreign governments must do more to prevent the country being torn apart, the top U.N. human...
View ArticleC.African Republic’s Muslims under attack – U.N. rights envoy
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s Muslim minority faces a rising wave of reprisal attacks and foreign governments must do more to prevent the country being torn apart, the top U.N. human...
View Article13 killed in Central African Republic, U.N. envoy says Muslims vulnerable
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed in Central African Republic on Monday as the top U.N. human rights official warned of escalating reprisals against Muslims and urged foreign...
View Article13 killed in C.African Republic, U.N. envoy says Muslims vulnerable
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed in Central African Republic on Monday as the top U.N. human rights official warned of escalating reprisals against Muslims and urged foreign...
View ArticleBesieged Muslims face murder, starvation in Central African Republic town
BODA, Central African Republic (Reuters) – In normal times, the rickety wooden bridges at each end of the red-dirt main street in Boda were gateways to shops and a bustling market in the diamond-mining...
View ArticleBesieged Muslims face murder, starvation in C.African Republic town
BODA Central African Republic (Reuters) – In normal times, the rickety wooden bridges at each end of the red-dirt main street in Boda were gateways to shops and a bustling market in the diamond-mining...
View ArticleFrench troops in Central African Republic escort Muslims to safety
BAMBARI, Central African Republic (Reuters) – French peacekeepers in Central African Republic escorted a convoy of Muslims away from the threat of violence in the capital on Monday to a town...
View ArticleAngry Muslims in Central African Republic call for partition
BAMBARI, Central African Republic (Reuters) – In this dusty town at the heart of the Central African Republic, many angry Muslims advocate a simple solution to the threat of religious violence from...
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Angry Muslims in Central African Republic call to partition the country
(Muslims fleeing sectarian violence are seen on top of a truck with their belongings, on the road between Bangui and Sibut, on a convoy being escorted by French peacekeepers to the south eastern town...
View ArticleLooting follows evacuation of Muslims from Central African capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Peacekeeping troops escorted around 1,300 Muslims out of Bangui on Sunday, triggering looting and removing one of the last pockets of Muslims from the capital of a nation torn apart...
View ArticleGraffiti, flags are only remains of Boko Haram in Nigerian town
By Emmanuel Braun DAMASAK, Nigeria (Reuters) – Graffiti and Boko Haram’s black and white flags were all that remained of the Islamists in Damasak after troops from Chad and Niger seized the town in...
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