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  Politics of the Central African Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of the Central African Republic takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President is both head of state and head of government (with an executive Prime Minister.
An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in the Central African Republic.
The Central African Republic is divided in 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques, singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, Vakaga.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_Central_African_Republic   (386 words)

  
 Central African Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central African Republic (French: République Centrafricaine) is a landlocked country in central Africa.
It borders Chad in the north, Sudan on the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the south, and Cameroon on the west.
European penetration of Central African territory began in the late nineteenth century during the Scramble for Africa (c.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_African_Republic   (3416 words)

  
 Central African Republic News
Central African Republic: delays hurting exporters in poor countries Exporters in developing countries are losing out due to shipment delays, a new World Bank and the International Finance Corporation study...
The Central African Republic, Sudan and the United Nations signed a deal on Wednesday to assist the return of some 16,000 Sudanese refugees this year, after a 2005 peace deal to end Africa's longest civil war.
The UN refugee agency in Chad says new waves of refugees from the Central African Republic are putting a strain on funds already stretched thin in a country where the UN is assisting almost a quarter of a...
www.topix.net /world/central-african-republic   (761 words)

  
 Central African Republic --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Landlocked and remote, the Central African Republic is one of Africa's least modernized countries, though its economic potential is great.
The capital of the Central African Republic is Bangui.
The Central African Republic lies on a large rolling plateau that forms the drainage divide between the Ubangi-Bomu river system to the south and the watershed of Lake Chad to the north.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9273580   (750 words)

  
 Central African Republic
On April 27, the Central African Criminal Court sentenced to death Ngoakossi Juvenal, a private detective, and Mafouta Jeannot, a former senior corporal in the army, for the killing and carjacking of the Libyan Ambassador in August 2000.
The percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population; however, there are no laws that restrict the participation of women in the political process.
The percentage of minorities in government or politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population; however, there are no laws that restrict the participation of minorities in the political process.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8301.htm   (12060 words)

  
 Central African Republic, not exactly headline news
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a country few people know much about and even fewer people have ever had a chance to visit.
The political news now coming out of CAR is equally worrisome, as the stability of the country is yet again crumbling.
The ongoing political crisis is CAR does not make it into the major international headlines; it is by and large a regional issue of immediate concern to CAR’s five direct neighbours as well as to Libya.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/international_affairs_comments/85817   (401 words)

  
 New Internationalist: Central African Republic - Brief Article
Bangui, die capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), used to be known as la coquette (the charming tease) during the 1970s.
The country's current economic and political plight can be traced back to 1996 when the non-payment of months of salary arrears to the military prompted a series of army mutinies three in the space of eight months.
The massive social and political unrest of the last decade has been due to endemic political and economic mismanagement, together with the autocratic style of President Patasse, whose first response to mass protest has often been to send civil servants and opposition politicians to jail.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JQP/is_2001_June/ai_75833177   (974 words)

  
 History of THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The extensive area of central Africa from the Ubangi river to the Sahara has been a heartland of the slave trade during the 17th to 19th centuries.
The result is often brutal exploitation, with Africans used as forced labour in the gathering of wild rubber or on newly established cotton plantations.
The first leader of the Central African Republic is a former Roman Catholic priest, Barthélemy Boganda, who is elected to the French national assembly in 1946.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad36   (993 words)

  
 CNN.com - Airport, large sections of Central African Republic captured - Mar. 15, 2003
In Central African Republic, national television and radio were off the air and government officials weren't speaking about the attack.
Bangui residents said the insurgents were patrolling the banks of Central African Republic's river border with Congo south of Bangui in order to keep out Congolese rebels from who have backed Patasse in the past.
Central African Republic, a country rich in raw minerals including gold, diamond and uranium, has been racked by military revolts and other uprisings since independence from France in 1960.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/03/15/central.africa.ap   (673 words)

  
 Elections in the Central African Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The country is a dictatorial republic, divided in 14 prefectures.
Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 5 and on civil rights with a 5, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
Freedom House considers the Central African Republic to be a partly free country.
www.electionworld.org /centralafrica.htm   (350 words)

  
 afrol News - Central African Republic slipping into armed conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hundreds of Central African and Chadian "warriors" - often uprooted men migrating from one armed insurrection to the next one - flocked to assist general Bozizé in his rebellion against the democratically elected President of the country, Angé-Felix Patassé, last year.
When they succeeded in chasing Mr Patassé from Bangui on 15 March 2003, they were honoured as "liberators" by the new Central African strongman.
One of the UN's missions in the Central African Republic is to see to the disarmament process initiated by the Bozizé regime, which includes reintegrating former combatants to local communities.
www.afrol.com /articles/12104   (716 words)

  
 Central African Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The conflict in the Central African Republic occurred when soldiers staged a series of mutinies in the mid-1990s.
But in May 2001, army officers in the Central African Republic again staged an uprising and came perilously close to overthrowing the Government of the elected President, Ange Félix Patassé.
Cissé, is the near collapse of the country's socio-economic structure combined with a lack of political dialogue.
www.un.org /Depts/dpa/docs/conflict/central_africa.html   (1036 words)

  
 Central African Republic - Psychology Central
The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in central Africa.
The companies and French administration often collaborated in their efforts tp force Central Africans to work for their benefit, but they also often found themselves at odds.
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psychcentral.com /psypsych/Central_African_Republic   (3494 words)

  
 Panapress Official Website
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - A team of Chinese experts is expected in the Central African Republic (CAR) shortly to conduct feasibility studies for a cement factory in the country, People's Republic of China ambassador Esi Ji announced.
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Five years after it was set up, the UN Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) is now reaping the fruits of its laborious work towards the fostering of a responsible but independent press in the country.
Bangui, Central Africa (PANA) - Prime Minister Elie Dote of Central African Republic on Monday urged MPs to endorse his general policy, whose priorities included promoting security and consolidating peace, as well as stabilising the national economic and financial situation and structural reforms over the next three years.
www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?code=eng009   (784 words)

  
 Central African Republic
Although political motives were suspected, an investigation by the police concluded that the killing was the result of an attempted carjacking.
The law prohibiting nonpolitical organizations from coalescing for political purposes remains in place; no significant reports of enforcement of this law were reported during the year, although government officials complained publicly about labor unions coordination with opposition political parties in year-end demonstrations.
The Association of Central African Women Lawyers advises women of their legal rights, and publishes pamphlets in conjunction with the Ministry of Social Affairs on the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM).
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=731   (9056 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Central African Republic
UN agencies in the Central African Republic (CAR) began a meeting on Friday in the capital, Bangui, to put in place aid strategies for thousands of people in the bandit-hit northwestern provinces of Ouham and Ouham Pende.
The UN refugee agency in Chad says new waves of refugees from the Central African Republic are putting a strain on funds already stretched thin in a country where the UN is assisting almost a quarter of a million refugees.
Some 1,000 refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) have arrived in southern Chad since late last month, fleeing what they say are rebel attacks in the northern part of their country, and swelling the total number of CAR refugees being hosted by its neighbour to more than 43,000.
allafrica.com /centralafricanrepublic   (608 words)

  
 African Politics and Government on the Internet
Some entries from the African Studies Associations section are taken from the Africa South of the Sahara section for African Studies.
Allen teachers African politics in the Politics Dept., Edinburgh University, is joint editor of the Review of African Political Economy and compiler of Africa Biblliography.
NEPAD is "a pledge by African leaders...that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty..." "African peoples have begun to demonstrate their refusal to accept poor economic and political leadership." On the site of South Africa's Dept. of Foreign Affairs.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/poli1.html   (9077 words)

  
 Campaigning Begins in Central African Republic Election
Candidates vying for the presidency of the Central African Republic have begun campaigning in the final run-up to the much anticipated presidential election later this month.
The constitutional court excluded seven of the leading candidates on technicalities in December and it took a round of mediation in Gabon in January for them to be reinstated.
A spokesman for the grouping of French-speaking countries, known as the IOC, Hugo Sada, says the Central African Republic is at a crucial stage on its road to democratic governance.
www.voanews.com /english/2005-03-02-voa31.cfm   (544 words)

  
 CNN.com - Looting spreads in Central African Republic - Mar. 18, 2003
Stores in the central business district of Bangui either were shuttered or destroyed after looting Sunday, and armed men in stolen vehicles fanned out into the suburbs.
Central African Republic -- a country of about 3.6 million people that is rich in gold, diamond and uranium -- has been wracked by military revolts and other uprisings since gaining independence from France in 1960.
The rebels began their attack Saturday afternoon while Patasse was attending a meeting of African leaders.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/03/18/car.rebel.ap   (544 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) is endowed with virgin rainforests and has some of the highest densities of lowland gorillas and forest elephants in Africa.
That force was then transformed into the UN Mission to the Central African Republic, or Minurca.
Armed groups are active in the volatile north and have prompted the flight of thousands of Central Africans into neighbouring Chad.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/country_profiles/newsid_1067000/1067518.stm   (601 words)

  
 Reuters AlertNet - Central African Republic troubles
UN agencies in the Central African Republic began a meeting on Friday in the capital, Bangui, to put in place aid strategies for thousands of people in the bandit-hit northwestern provinces of Ouham and Ouham Pende.
The UN refugee agency's voluntary repatriation programmes to two separate provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo each passed the 10,000 mark this week as Congolese refugees return to areas of the vast country where security has improved.
At least 2,000 villagers in two provinces in the northwest of the Central African Republic are hiding in the bush without food while an equal number has fled to neighbouring Chad recently to avoid fighting between the army and bandits, local sources said.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/emergency/CA_FLO.htm   (346 words)

  
 Reuters AlertNet - Central African Republic
At least 400 people — mostly women and children — have fled into southern Chad from the Central African Republic (CAR) in the past several days, after armed men raided their village, a UN official said on Thursday.
Kenya is to undertake two rounds of emergency polio vaccination in August and September to protect nearly a million children from the disease which has been reported in neighbouring countries, the health ministry said on Monday.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: EU resumes €100m aid to Bangui.
www.alertnet.org /thefacts/countryprofiles/152826.htm   (354 words)

  
 Government, Politics, and Law: Central African Republic: Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of ...
Africa South of the Sahara: Central African Republic (http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/centralafr.html)
Central African Republic Embassy in the U.S. (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African%5FStudies/Country%5FSpecific/CAR%5Femb.html)
Site of the political opposition party, under the leadership of Charles Massi; links to many primary documents, letters, articles, including a discussion group.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/amed/centralafricanrepublic/resources/centralafricanrepublic-government.html   (463 words)

  
 Aristide's Kidnap Claim Against US Angers Central African Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Worried by the diplomatic implications of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's allegation that he was kidnapped and ousted by United States troops, Central African Republic (CAR), where he is staying at the moment, has warned him to stay silent for now.
Like the Central African Republic, it was believed to be troubled by the political and diplomatic problems that could arise from offering asylum.
Chirac told Bush he was "delighted by the quality of the co-operation" between the two countries in handling the Haiti crisis and the relatively smooth departure of Aristide.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1089809/posts   (1130 words)

  
 Central African Republic- Books, Maps and Atlases for sale
Text and photographs introduce the geography, history, society, economy, and government of this central African country.
An updated route-planning map of South, Central and East Africa, with an atlas section of maps covering Africa as far north as Kenya and Zaire.
This road map is printed back-to-back and covers the southern and central African countries up to and including Uganda, with an area map on the front.
www.africaguide.com /country/car/books.htm   (469 words)

  
 Central African Republic on the Internet
Facts about the Central African Republic, older news of the CAR from Agence France Presse and PANA.
ECOFAC, funded by the European Union, is concerned with the environment and biodiversity of forests, animal life, etc. in the Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome.
The Central African Republic section includes - environmental and livestock projects, structural adjustment reports, basic indicators (population, land area, GNP, growth rate, life expectancy, school enrollment).
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/centralafr.html   (1200 words)

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