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	Atlas - Central African Republic Map
		The government is a republic comprised of a strong administrator branch including the President, Prime minister and Council of Ministers, and weaker legislative branch (unicameral National Assembly) and judicial branch.
		Central African Republic (CAR), landlocked republic in central Africa, bordered on the north by Chad, on the east by Sudan, on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, and on the west by Cameroon.
		The population of the Central African Republic was determined by the census of 1975 to be 2,054,610; the 2001 around population was 3,576,884.
	www.map.freegk.com /central_african_republic/central_african_republic.php (2014 words)

	Central African Republic - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Central African Republic, formerly the French colony of Ubangi-Shari, became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960.
		It is bordered by Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.
		Originally a colony of France, the Central African Republic became independent in 1960.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /central_african_republic.htm (429 words)

	Central African Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Central African Republic 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 (3370 words)

	Central African Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Central African Republic belongs to the Franc Zone and trades chiefly with France, Belgium, and Japan.
		The Central African Republic had a parliamentary government until Dec., 1965, when a military coup led by Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Boganda’s nephew) overthrew the Dacko regime, dissolved the national assembly, and abrogated the constitution.
		Kolingba became president and head of the military and of MESAN, establishing a dictatorial rule.
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	David Dacko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was removed from power in a coup d'état led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa, his cousin and the chief of staff of the armed forces, on 1 January 1966.
		The new regime (which restyled itself the Central African Empire in 1977) kept Dacko under house arrest for several years.
		One of his first actions under this new mandate was to declare a state of emergency – two opposition parties were dissolved, another was suspended, and some of their leaders were imprisoned – but this did not prevent him from being deposed in a 20 September 1981 coup.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Dacko (324 words)

	Central African Republic (10/05)
		On December 4, 1976, the republic became a monarchy with the promulgation of the imperial constitution and the proclamation of the president as Emperor Bokassa I. His regime was characterized by numerous human rights atrocities.
		The government is a republic comprised of a strong executive branch (president, vice president, prime minister, and council of ministers), and weak legislative and judicial branches.
		The Central African Republic is classified as one of the world's least developed countries, with an annual per capita income of $260 (2002).
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/4007.htm (3764 words)

	Central African Republic, Africa Information
		The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960.
		President Ange-Felix PATASSE's civilian government was plagued by unrest, and in March 2003 he was deposed in a military coup led by General Francois BOZIZE, who established a transitional government.
		Though the government has the tacit support of civil society groups and the main parties, a wide field of candidates contested the municipal, legislative, and presidential elections held in March and May of 2005 in which General BOZIZE was affirmed as president.
	central-african-republic.africa.com (124 words)

	Francis Laloupo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)*
		The history of the Central African crisis is enamelled of promises never held by the Head of State.
		The reassurance of tensions in the Central African Republic is part of the normalization wished by the countries of the sub-region confronted with political crises of low or high intensity.
		Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, the Central African Republic.
	www.african-geopolitics.org /show.aspx?ArticleId=3541 (2985 words)

	UNICEF - Central African Republic - UNICEF Executive Board President Andrei Dapkiunas visits the Central African ...
		Dapkiunas met with the President of the Central African Republic, François Bozizé.
		In fact, the Central African Republic has some of the world’s worst social indicators, with an estimated 67 per cent of the population living on less than $1 a day.
		The HIV prevalence rate is at 13.5 per cent (source: SOWC), the highest in the region, resulting in a rise in the number of orphans and vulnerable children, including 6,000 street children.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/car_31558.html (597 words)

	Land and Climate (from Central African Republic) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		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.
		The capital of the Central African Republic is Bangui.
		Of the two new countries, the Czech Republic was the larger, with a land area of 30,441 square miles (78,842 square kilometers), compared to Slovakia's 18,919...
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	An MBendi Profile: Central African Republic - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Central African Republic is an independent republic, which lies between Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and forms part of the landlocked West African Region.
		The livestock industry is growing in Central African Republic, although the growth is hampered by the strong presence of tsetse flies as well as marketing problems.
		In 1993 Kolingba was defeated and Patassé was sworn in as president.
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	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / Central African Republic leader dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		David Dacko, the first president of Central African Republic as an independent nation, has died at the age of 76, state radio said Friday.
		Dacko led Central African Republic from its 1960 independence from France until 1966, when he was overthrown and jailed by the notorious Cold War despot Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
		Today, Central African Republic is one of Africa's most turbulent countries, although some look to the current military ruler, Francois Bozize, to help bring stability.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2003/11/21/central_african_republic_leader_dies (199 words)

	Heads of state of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heads of state of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)
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		Heads of government of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_Central_African_Republic (182 words)

	Press Statement on Central African Republic by President of Security Council
		Members of the Council reaffirmed their support for the deployment of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) force, the plan for which should reflect the changed circumstances since 25 October, and called once again on the international community for the necessary logistic and financial support for the force.
		Members of the Council appealed to the Central African Republic and Chad to show mutual restraint and to refrain from any action or statement that could further destabilize the situation.
		Members of the Council welcomed President Patassé’s offer on 25 November to enter into dialogue with the various political parties in the Central African Republic and encouraged him to do so as soon as possible with a view to promoting national reconciliation.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2002/sc7579.html (251 words)

	Central African Republic News
		Leaders of the Covenant Church in Congo recently participated in the historic installation of the president of its newly formed sister church in the Central African Republic.
		Rampant logging and the illegal trade in forest animals is slowly eroding the traditional lifestyle of the Bayaka Pygmies in the Central African Republic, according to researchers.
		Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who is in exile in the Central African Republic, declared Monday that he was still president of Haiti and urged "peaceful resistance" to what he said was a...
	www.topix.net /world/central-african-republic (989 words)

	Bokassa, Jean-Bedel -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		3, 1996, Bangui, Central African Republic), was president of the Central African Republic (1966-77) and self-styled emperor of the Central African Empire (1977-79).
		African military leader who was president of the Central African Republic (1966–76) and self-styled emperor of the Central African Empire (1976–79).
		School instruction is primarily in French, but the Central African government has sought to promote Sango literacy and encourages its use in schools.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9113072?tocId=9113072 (779 words)

	Timeline Central African Republic
		1979 Sep 20, In the Central African Republic Jean-Bedel Bokassa was toppled in a French-backed coup.
		1986 Jean-Bedel Bokassa returned to the Central African Republic from exile and was jailed for embezzlement and murder after a trial in which he was accused of cannibalism and infanticide.
		2002 Oct 24, In Bangui, Central African Republic, rebels loyal to the deposed army chief of staff fought members of the presidential guard and Libyan troops for control of the airport.
	timelines.ws /countries/CENAFREP.HTML (1189 words)

	Interim President Faces Challenge in Central African Republic Election
		The Central African Republic, CAR, coup leader turned interim president General Francois Bozize, faces 10 challengers in what many expect to be a tightly-contested election Sunday.
		The former rebel leader turned president had said he would not run, but then changed his mind, saying his work to wipe out years of misrule, corruption and insecurity was only the beginning.
		Kolingba, mainly from the south, wear headbands made of tapioca leaves to represent the last time the Central African Republic was self-sufficient in food.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-03-12-voa16.cfm (572 words)

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		The president of the Central African Republic says he suspects a merecenary plot to remove him from power.
		President Francois Bozize of the Central African Republic says he has found evidence of a mercenary plot stirring in the impoverished nation to derail what he says are his attempts to return the country to democratic rule.
		The Central African Republic has been plagued by coups and rebellions since it gained independence from former colonial power France in 1960.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ac/CA06E104-4DE8-4268-AA8628F46203C120.html (297 words)

	USATODAY.com - Haiti's conflict moves to political front (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Aristide, currently in the Central African Republic, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday that he was "forced to leave" Haiti by U.S. military forces.
		In the Central African Republic, Aristide is being guarded by French soldiers, France's defense minister said Tuesday.
		Aristide and the president of the Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, were expected to discuss plans for the ousted Haitian leader's final asylum plans in an as-yet-unknown third country later Tuesday, Communications Minister Parfait Mbaye said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-02-haiti_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (1230 words)

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		It recalls that the success, the future mandate and the ongoing presence of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic are closely linked to the fulfilment of these commitments, in particular the immediate resumption of a constructive political dialogue.
		It reaffirms that the Government, the political leaders and the people of the Central African Republic bear the primary responsibility for national reconciliation, the maintenance of a stable and secure environment and the reconstruction of their country.
		It emphasizes the importance of continuing efforts in the Central African Republic to settle outstanding contentious issues peacefully and democratically in accordance with the Bangui Agreements.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/security/s-prst-1999-7.htm (446 words)

	Ex-pres Kolingba of Central African Republic reinstated as army general
		Former president of the Central African Republic (CAR) Andre Kolingba, who was sentenced to death last year for his role in a failed coup, has been reinstated as an army general, a radio report said Tuesday.
		General Francois Bozize, who ousted former president Ange-Felix Patasse in a lightning coup on March 15 and has since declared himself president of CAR, decreed late Monday that Kolingba was to be reinstated as a general with the full rights and prerogatives attached to the rank.
		Kolingba was stripped of his rank of army general and demoted to a rank and file soldier in the CAR army after a failed bid to oust Patasse in May 2001.
	www.spacewar.com /2003-a/030520130233.6n3iz3r9.html (428 words)

	Blog of Death: David Dacko
		David Dacko, the first president of the Central African Republic, died on Nov. 20.
		Although he was only 30 years old, Dacko became president, taking over the office when his uncle, President Barthelemy Boganda, was killed in an air crash.
		Bokassa was deposed by French troops in 1979 and Dacko was reinstated as president.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000525.html (210 words)

	Press Statement by Security Council President on Central African Republic
		Members of the Security Council listened to the briefing by General Touré, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and discussed the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central African Republic.
		Council members called on the international community to increase assistance to the Central African Republic and stressed that international assistance would be more effective if supplemented by appropriate structural reforms.
		Council members expressed their readiness to conduct further review of the situation in the Central African Republic, with a view to adopting a presidential statement as early as possible.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/sc7096.html (244 words)

	POLITICS-CAR: Junta Leader Swaps Khaki for Civilian Suit
		Francois Bozize was announced winner of the second round of presidential poll in the Central African Republic with 64.6 percent of the votes.
		Sacko declared Bozize the ‘'elected president of the Central African Republic for a five-year term as prescribed by the constitution''.
		Lamine Cise, the UN Secretary General's envoy to the Central African Republic, told IPS after the final results were announced that it was good that the country ‘'resume democratic institutions''.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=28873 (852 words)

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		French troops were sent to CAR in 1979 to help the country's first president, David Dacko, overthrow the self-styled "emperor", Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
		Patasse, whose current administration is under attack from former soldiers led by the former CAR army chief of staff, Gen Francois Bozize, said relations between the CAR and France had improved considerably since the May 2002 re-election of the conservative government of President Jacques Chirac.
		Other contingents are expected from Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and from Mali, which is not a CEMAC member.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=31553&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=CENTRAL_AFRICAN_REPUBLIC (610 words)

	RSF - Letters of protest - Central African Republic - 10 May 2000
		In a letter to President Ange-Félix Patassé;, RSF asked that Cardoso de Meillot, managing editor of the private daily Le Démocrate, be immediately released, and that the arrest warrants against Raphaël Kopessoua, managing editor of the private weekly Vouma la mouche, and Zosse Judes, managing editor of L'Hirondelle, be lifted.
		Without commenting on the content of the articles in question, the organisation reminded the president that the Central African Republic has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 19 of which guarantees the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds.
		"During our visit to the Central African Republic in January 2000, President Patassé made a personal commitment to see to it that no journalist is ever imprisoned in the country," said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard.
	www.rsf.org /rsf/uk/html/afrique/cplp/lp/100500.html (335 words)

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