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A UN-backed court in Central African Republic on Tuesday opened the trial of former President François Bozizé, who is accused of crimes against humanity for abuses committed by members of his security forces between 2009 and 2013. Prosecutors accuse Bozizé of being responsible as a military...

The Central African Republic’s Constitutional Council on Monday confirmed President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s victory in last month’s election, granting him a third term and rejecting an appeal by the opposition alleging widespread fraud and other irregularities. The council dismissed an appeal to...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won a third term in office, securing an outright majority in the presidential election held on December 28, according to provisional results. Touadera, a 68-year-old mathematician who took power a decade ago, was seeking a third term...

International Criminal Court judges convicted two leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, sentencing each to more than a decade in prison. Former Central African Republic soccer...

A United Nations peacekeeper was killed during an attack by armed men in Central African Republic, the UN said as the Security Council expressed concerns over growing attacks against peacekeepers in the country. A Zambian peacekeeper was killed when suspected Sudanese armed groups attacked a U.N...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday unveiled an arrest warrant against a suspected leader of a militia that attacked Muslim civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2014. According to the warrant, made public on Thursday but issued in 2018, Edmond Beina is accused of war...

An internationally backed court in the Central African Republic issued an international arrest warrant on April 30 for the country’s exiled former President François Bozizé for human rights abuses from 2009 to 2013, a spokesperson said. The Special Criminal Court was set up in the capital, Bangui...

A United Nations-backed court in the Central African Republic (CAR) said it had charged ex-rebel leader Abdoulaye Hissene with crimes against humanity and war crimes on Thursday. One of the poorest countries in the world, the CAR was plunged into a bloody sectarian conflict after Seleka rebels, a...

The UN Security Council has renewed the nearly 17,500-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission in the troubled Central African Republican for another year. The government controls the capital, but much of the country is controlled by armed groups. The CAR has faced deadly intercommunal fighting since 2013...

The Constitutional Court last month annulled a commission for proposed reforms that would let the current president, Faustin-Archange Touadera, 65, stand for a third presidential poll. The already twice-elected Touadera government earlier this month issued a decree telling 28 higher education...