Tag: Seleka

CAR President Djotodia resigns

January 10, 2014 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

Central African Republic’s first Muslim president Michel Djotodia has resigned from office at a regional summit aimed at ending the violence that has engulfed the country. Djotodia took power from former president Francois Bozizé in a coup in March last year, as head of the now-disbanded Séléka rebel forces. Séléka . . . Read More

Media ‘wrong’ to ignore Christians’ plight in Central African Republic

January 3, 2014 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Chad, Islamic extremism, Michel Djotodia, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Seleka, Sharia, Sudan

Unicef says that violence has ‘sunk to a vicious new low’ after reported beheadings of children.World Watch Monitor The vulnerability of Christians in the Central African Republic (CAR) is being overlooked, even as international media wrongly focus on the ‘interfaith’ element of the conflict, says Open Doors International. The charity . . . Read More

Central African Republic Christians petition for President’s removal

December 24, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Anti-balaka, Bangui, Michel Djotodia, Seleka

Michel Djotodia, President of the Central African Republic.Crispin for World Watch Monitor One person has been killed and around 40 wounded after African Union (AU) troops reportedly fired at a group of Christian protestors in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). The Christians had gathered near the . . . Read More

Three pastors among dead in Central African Republic

December 13, 2013 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Michel Djotodia, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Seleka, UN

More than 400 people died in three days of violence, according to the Red Cross.World Watch Monitor Three pastors were among those killed in the recent interfaith violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Pastors Raymond Doui, 46, Elisha Zama, 33, and Jean-Louis Makamba, 48, were killed . . . Read More

Scores killed in Central African Republic

December 11, 2013 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Bangui, Bocaranga, Bossangoa, Bozoum, Michel Djotodia, Seleka, UN

Dozens of people are being treated in the corridors of overcrowded hospitals.World Watch Monitor Three days of sectarian violence have left hundreds dead in the Central African Republic capital. An offensive in Bangui by Christian-dominated anti-Balaka militias on Dec. 5 sparked fierce reprisals from mainly Muslim Séléka rebel forces. In . . . Read More

Séléka attacks hospital in CAR

December 7, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, Seleka, UN

Séléka forces attacked a hospital in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui on Friday, killing at least a dozen patients, Al Jazeera reports. Gunmen pulled patients from the hospital and shot them. The hospital has been abandoned. The attack occurred as additional French forces began deploying throughout the northwest . . . Read More

UN endorses more military in Central African Republic

December 5, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Bossangoa, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou, Oumar Kobine Layama, Seleka, UN

The United Nations Security Council has authorised the expansion of an African military force inside the Central African Republic to counter a rising spiral of sectarian violence. Against a backdrop of fresh deadly violence in the CAR capital of Bangui, Thursday’s unanimous vote of the 15-member council provides a mandate to the . . . Read More

UN consensus builds to send force to Central African Republic

November 26, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Seleka, UN

Consensus is emerging to begin “contingency planning” to send a UN peacekeeping force to the lawless Central African Republic, the UN’s No. 2 official said on Monday. Until a UN force, estimated at 6,000 soldiers and 1,700 police, can be deployed, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Liasson urged the UN Security Council . . . Read More

Ban Ki-moon warns Central African Republic ‘spiralling into anarchy’

November 20, 2013 Central African Republic African Union, Michel Djotodia, Seleka, UN

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, pictured in 2012.Africa Renewal / Flickr / Creative Commons The UN Secretary General Ban-Ki moon said on Monday (Nov. 18) that anarchy in the Central African Republic risks spiralling further out of control, and could need up to 9,000 peacekeepers. In a . . . Read More

UN: CAR in danger of genocide

November 2, 2013 Central African Republic Central African Republic, Genocide, Seleka, UN

The Central African Republic is at risk of lapsing into genocide, the Unitied Nations Security Council was told on Friday. “This will end with Christian communities, Muslim communities killing each other, which means that if we don’t act now and decisively I will not exclude the possibility of a genocide . . . Read More

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